Mick wrote: > On Thursday 08 Jun 2017 16:56:21 Jörg Schaible wrote: >> Mick wrote: >> > On Thursday 08 Jun 2017 13:21:56 Jörg Schaible wrote: >> >> > Yes, this seems to be the problem. Starting Kmail does not launch >> >> > kwalletd5 and as a consequence kmail starts asking for each email >> >> > account password separately. >> >> > >> >> > I guess until kmail:5 is installed I will have to start kwalletd5 by >> >> > hand. >> >> >> >> My situation is different, since I use kwallet-pam. That one will >> >> start kwallet5 automatically and I am not asked by KMail for passwords >> >> (after it now also uses kwallet5). >> > >> > I'm puzzled: I have kde-plasma/kwallet-pam-5.8.6 installed, but it >> > will *not* >> > start kwalletd5. Bear in mind though, I do not run a full plasma >> > desktop. >> >> Do you run SDDM? Do you have those two lines in it? >> >> -auth optional pam_kwallet5.so >> -session optional pam_kwallet5.so auto_start > > Ha! Thanks for this hint! > > I had these entries in my /etc/pam.d/sddm > > -auth optional pam_kwallet.so kdehome=.kde4 > -auth optional pam_kwallet5.so > -session optional pam_kwallet.so > -session optional pam_kwallet5.so auto_start
It seems the only lines required are the kwallet5.so ones. > but ... sddm has stopped working properly with enlightenment, which is my > desktop of choice. So I started using lightdm and forgot to add these > entries - TBH I thought they were not needed because everything worked as > it should until now without them. > > So, I added the two lines you suggested and rebooted. I checked that > kwalletd5 is running: > > $ ps axf | grep kwallet > 4515 pts/1 SN+ 0:00 \_ grep --color=auto > kwallet > 4088 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/kwalletd5 --pam-login 8 10 [snip] > I think I'll give up on this. It seems kwallet:4/5 is not working as > intended > on my set up. I hope by the time kdepim has moved from :4 to :5 things > will > work as intended. Until then I will keep the old kwallet:4 installed, > because at least this works as always did. First I thought you might have run into an incompatibility between sddm and lightdm ... >> Does your system password match the password of your wallet? > > No, all users have different kwallet and user login passwds. ... but that's it. kwallet-pam requires the same password for wallet and login, otherwise it cannot work. Simply adjust the kwallet password or ... >> > Running Krusader:5 and trying to connect to a remote system starts >> > kwalletd5 fine, but running kmail:4 it does not. >> >> Does kmail:4 work after krusader:5 started kwallet5? > > Yes, because Krusader:5 calls kwalletd5 and asks for its password. Then > this is available for all applications to use, including kmail:4. ... you will need something else to start kwallet5 then. KMail must be fixed first to start the new wallet daemon. Maybe you should open a bugzilla ticket. I am quite sure you will find an entry in the error log when KMail tries to access dbus for the old daemon. Cheers, Jörg
