I’m new to Linux and Suse. Its running ok on an old laptop but I keep getting a “Kde Daemon wants to open KDE Wallet” message, which also asks for a password.
I cant remember putting in a password at any time, so how do I change the password or clear the message?
Second problem is although the system works fine on line using a Cat5 cable via my virgin router and cable broadband, I cant get the wireless adaptor that is in
the laptop to come up with Suse. I bought an EDUP 802.11 AC adaptor that is supposed to be ok with Linux, but I cant get the system to recognise it. Not too happy that the adaptor arrived with a mini-cd disk that contains the driver! the tray on an Acer is an internal tray and you cant fit the mini disk into it. Thought that the drivers may be available online?
Any help with these two please?
Dave
First what is built in WiFi chip? lspci should give you a clue
With the USB dongle plugged in show lsusb to see what hardware is in the external adepter
openSUSE Desktops (at least KDE and GNOME) use an encrypted password wallet to store the passwords needed for (at least) e-Mail and WiFi connections.
First, start “Kontact” (KDE’s Personal Information Manager [PIM]) to set-up the first e-Mail account; this will initialise the KWallet system: <https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/kdeutils/kwalletmanager/introduction.html>.
- I prefer to use the “old fashioned” Classic blowfish encrypted file – it’s easier than the GPG alternative.
Then, set-up the KWallet Manager to behave as you want on the Desktop – <https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/kdeutils/kwalletmanager/kwalletmanager.html>.
[HR][/HR]The first time a KDE application access the password(s) stored in the Wallet and assuming that, the Access Control has been set-up to “Prompt when an application accesses a wallet” then, follow this KDE Handbook page: <https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/kdeutils/kwalletmanager/wallet-access-control.html>
[HR][/HR]When you set-up the WiFi connections, assuming that “Network Manager” is being used, the access control for each WLAN will be stored in the Password Wallet.
[HR][/HR]One tip: when setting up a personal KWallet, I tend to use an empty password for the thing – meaning that I don’t have to remember the Kwallet password each time that I login – easy – it’s OK only so long that no one steals the machine and, has access to my login password.
You can have more than one wallet , I have a blank password one for WiFi etc., and a password protected gpg encrypted one tat I can transport on a flash memory card. The way to protect against laptop theft is to use a secure login pass-phrase and partition or home directory encryption.
@Dave,
You have given the manufacturer, but not the model number of your wireless adapter. What matters is the chipset used. Drivers have to be built (compiled) for the Linux kernel being used, and are mostly distributed as part of the kernel package. Some, e.g. Broadcom contain proprietary code and are found in the Packman repository. It is not practical for manufacturers to attempt to supply kernel drivers for the constantly evolving Linux kernels.
Thanks. The adaptor is EDUP 802.11 AC 600Mbps. 2.4G / 5.8G
Model number is EP-AC1619
The driver disk is one of those mini-CD disks. Trouble isis, the Acer laptop has an internal DVD drive that you slot the disk into and it gobbles it up. Not one of the slides that pop out so that you can put the disk in the tray. Consequently, it wont take the mini-disk. I was hoping that the drivers would be found on line when the system recognised that it had a USB item attached?
Many thanks. I have printed this out and will work my way through it. All a bit greek at the moment - but will have a go.
Hmmm – maybe a minor misunderstanding with respect to Linux security: yes, Linux is inherently secure but, especially for the User Space there are some additional security mechanisms, including tools used to reliably store and protect the passwords a user needs to access network services and encrypted data.
eng-int pointed out the encryption of disk partitions and directories – which needs password protection to enter the encrypted areas on the disk(s).
KWallet has been protecting Linux KDE user’s passwords for more than a few years now – mature and reliable techniques.
- The MS Windows world also has fairly recently introduced similar (not as mature) tools (Bruce Schneier {Cryptography Guru} mentioned one a few years in his “Crypto-Gram” newsletter).
- Other things have also recently introduced similar techniques – such as the Password Wallet offered by the Kaspersky anti-Virus folks.
Sorry to bump this thread, but a question comes:
Instead of remembering wireless password, user has to remember kwallet password and enter it manually on login every time anyway. What if a wallet has a password, not blank one, is there a workaround to make it open automatically, like on other desktops?
Hei so no one has any more ideas?
The only solution is making an empty password for kwallet then.
No, there is also pam_kwallet that allows to open the wallet automatically on login.
Prerequisities are that the wallet uses Blowfish encryption (not GPG), and the wallet’s password needs to be the same as your user password.
AFAIK it doesn’t work with Auto-Login enabled though.
And you can also store the WiFi passphrase system-wide, then kwallet is not used/required at all for that.
This is configurable in the connection settings, on the “Wireless security” tab IIRC.
Hi thanks
I’ve tried to save password without kwallet few times, but settings for network (Wi-Fi security) always can’t recall a password. Despite that there’s a small disk icon on the right and it’s set to “Store password for this user only (encrypted)”. But this always seem to work like 3rd option “Ask for password every time”.
I’ve read somewhere that “All users may connect to this network” in general tab may help, but something stops me from enabling that.
You need to set this to “Store password for all users (unencrypted)”. (not sure I got the translation right, but I hope you get the gist…)
I’ve read somewhere that “All users may connect to this network” in general tab may help, but something stops me from enabling that.
Yes, but that only really works if the password is stored globally as well…
Regarding “something stops me from enabling that”: please be more specific for further help.
Close enough. Looking here, it seems to be “not encrypted” instead of “unencrypted”. In any case, that’s the way I am doing it here. And in case that sound risky, I’ll point out that the password is saved in a file readable only by root. So it isn’t particularly risky, but it does avoid using “kwallet” for the connection.
The big advantage, is that I get a wifi connection whether I login to KDE or to Icewm or other desktop environment. And I think it also works if I hit CTRL-ALT-F1 and login at the terminal, though I haven’t tested that recently.
Regarding “something stops me from enabling that”: please be more specific for further help.
I took him as meaning “I’m nervous about doing that because I’m not sure of the security implications”.
I used to do that, and occasionally I still do. It makes the connection available to all users. But since I’m the only user, that isn’t important. At one time, that was the only way to force the password to be stored for all users, thus bypassing “kwallet”.