I'm going somewhat crazier than usual trying to use Thuderbird Mail because Thunderbird has blown up again, lost my password, won't let me put in a new one, the on-line instructions for fixing it (using Windows) don't seem to work anymore--I think they've "updated" it. I want to use KMail, but it wants KWallet, and I have been defeated trying to install that. Trying it cold didn't work, so I just tried https://duckduckgo.com/?q=short+guide+for+pam_kwallet&ia=web, from benediktg, ran sudo zypper pam_kwallet, and very carefully modified the three files it requests--/etc/pam.d//passwd, /etc/pam.d/login, and /etc/pam.d/sddm. I checked the "new" versions carefully, and I'm really pretty sure they agree with those posted. I put an icon on the desktop that's called "KWallet/Manager," by selecting it from the bowling ball, but when I click on the icon, nothing happens. Any helpful advice welcome. --doug PS--this mail routine from optimum.com is NOT user-friendly, in my humble opinion.
Hello Doug, Am Montag, 29. November 2021, 04:20:27 CET schrieb dmcgarrett@optonline.net: ....
defeated trying to install that. Trying it cold didn't work, so I just tried https://duckduckgo.com/?q=short+guide+for+pam_kwallet&ia=web, from benediktg, ran sudo zypper pam_kwallet, and very carefully modified the three files it requests--/etc/pam.d//passwd, /etc/pam.d/login, and /etc/pam.d/sddm. I checked the "new" versions carefully, and I'm really pretty sure they agree with those posted. I put an icon on the desktop that's called "KWallet/Manager," by selecting it from the bowling ball, but when I click on the icon, nothing happens. Any helpful advice welcome.
Look like you have broken the installed kwallet somehow. Revert your changes to the last working state, ideally the initial setup. When you call Kwallet the first time it asks for a pgp key, or alternatively 'classic encryption' using a password. If you enter an empty password here, KWallet is basically invisible. I guess thats what you are looking for? (I wanted to write 'disabled' but I'm not sure if it is just silent or not)
PS--this mail routine from optimum.com is NOT user-friendly, in my humble opinion.
Yes, the line-break is is nightmare and your mail is hard to read Best Axel
On 29/11/2021 04.20, dmcgarrett@optonline.net wrote:
I'm going somewhat crazier than usual trying to use Thuderbird Mail because Thunderbird has blown up again, lost my password, won't let me put in a new one, the on-line instructions for fixing it (using Windows)
Don't use instructions for windows.
don't seem to work anymore--I think they've "updated" it. I want to use KMail, but it wants KWallet, and I have been
I don't think you will be happier with KMail. Look. Open Thunderbird. Edit / Preferences. Search for "passw" (there is a search box, top-right). You will see a button for "Saved passwords", click that. Search then for the one or ones you want and simply delete them. Or remove all. You can also display them. Once done, close that dialog, and verify that you have defined a Master Password. If not, do create it now. Or is it the master password the one you forgot? I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password". Otherwise, I would create a new Thunderbird profile and start over. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2021-11-29 1:27 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password".
There is not. If you change or disable the master password, all saved passwords are lost.
On 29/11/2021 20.38, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2021-11-29 1:27 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password".
There is not. If you change or disable the master password, all saved passwords are lost.
That's fine, you don't loose the mail folders or accounts :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2021-11-29 2:31 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 29/11/2021 20.38, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2021-11-29 1:27 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password".
There is not. If you change or disable the master password, all saved passwords are lost.
That's fine, you don't loose the mail folders or accounts :-)
Nor the passwords either, if you remember to write them down before changing the Master :D
On 29/11/2021 21.42, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2021-11-29 2:31 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 29/11/2021 20.38, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2021-11-29 1:27 p.m., Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't know if there is a way to regenerate a forgotten master password, but my guess is, you have to first erase all existing passwords, then try disable "use a master password".
There is not. If you change or disable the master password, all saved passwords are lost.
That's fine, you don't loose the mail folders or accounts :-)
Nor the passwords either, if you remember to write them down before changing the Master :D
Absolutely :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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