KDEWallet

[hstoellinger]

Hello,
I am the ONLY user of my local laptop. However, every time I start Vivaldi (Snapshot, 3.1.1929.3 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit)), I have to enter my password. How can I disable this "frustrating" experience? I am on Kubuntu 20.04. Thanks for your help
Regards
H. Stoellinger

[mtaki14]

Not sure if this is still relevant but you can give it a try. (I barely use Linux myself so I can't confirm)

[Steffie]

@hstoellinger Fwiw.

On my Manjaro KDE Laptop, for basically "forever", the KDE Wallet is enabled & active, yet Vivaldi-Snapshot|Stable never plague|s me with those annoying messages. I don't remember what i did for this success, given it's been so many years.

When my desktop pc ran Manjaro KDE, it always threw up those initial messages, & routinely gave me the screaming heebie jeebies in abject frustration / annoyance. Over the years i made many attempts to research it online, & deployed many such ideas in the settings, but nothing worked.

Several months ago [for completely unrelated reasons] i chose to replace the desktop's Manjaro with Arch KDE. Bitterly remembering all those Wallet message frustrations from Manjaro, this time in Arch, right from my initial setup / configurations, i decided to deliberately not enable the Wallet system. If there's any huge disaster triggered by this decision, it certainly has not yet hit me; daily operations remain very nice ... & sans-Wallet messages.

[mib2berlin]

@hstoellinger
Hi, I use auto log in and get one message after start. If I dismiss Vivaldi does not even start, same with WiFi, Mail client and so forth.
All what use Kwallet.
I am fine with it, even one get the hands on my laptop he/she can log in to my account but cant read my passwords.
Check @mtaki14 link, seams much promise but to heavy to test it for me.

Cheers, mib
EDIT: @Steffie, I hope nobody gets the hands on your laptop, with disabled Kwallet all passwords are stored in clear text in the Vivaldi profile, if you use the Vivaldi password system.

[Ayespy]

@mib2berlin said in KDEWallet:

if you use the Vivaldi password system.

I guarantee you, she does not.

[Steffie]

@mib2berlin said in KDEWallet:

hope nobody gets the hands on your laptop, with disabled Kwallet

My post actually said:

On my Manjaro KDE Laptop, for basically "forever", the KDE Wallet is enabled & active

[Steffie]

@Ayespy Full disclosure, i do use V's native / internal chromium password system for a tiny subset of my full password database kept offline in KeePassXC. The V subset excludes ALL finance, legal, government etc accounts, & extends pretty much only to my few online fora accounts & similar.

Hence even if someone nicked Lappy & somehow defeated the wallet, & also [if Lappy was down at the time] defeated both my SSD boot lock & my SSD /home LUKS encryption, i fear the most damage they might do is begin posting Very Sensible Serious posts in our forum [at which point people might smell a rat].

[mib2berlin]

@Steffie
May I miss understand you disable Kwallet on your Arch system but anyway,
stay save.

Cheers, mib

[Ayespy]

@Steffie said in KDEWallet:

i do use V's native / internal chromium password system for a tiny subset of my full password database

Gasp!

[paul1149]

This is typical behavior. You can disable Wallet in Settings, or you can change the Wallet password to blank and it won't come up any further.