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  • OwnCloud client vs. KWallet vs. keyring mess

    From Nicolas Kovacs@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 12:20:01
    Hi,

    I'm running Debian Trixie with KDE on my HP Z440 workstation. So far everything runs nicely. Currently I'm sanding down a few edges.

    I have OwnCloud on a server, and I'm connecting to it via OwnCloud
    client for file synchronization, tasks, calendar, etc.

    Before Debian I had Rocky Linux with KDE from the third-party EPEL
    repository on this workstation. No KWallet, no GNOME keyring, nothing. I
    fired up KDE, and I guess the password was stored somewhere under ~/.config/owncloud.

    On my fresh Debian install the whole thing's a mess. Here's what happens:

    1) When I start a session, Kwallet fires up and asks me for my GPG
    passphrase (because that's what I chose initially).

    2) Then OwnCloud displays a login window and asks for the password. Erm,
    why? I thought KWallet already handled that ?

    3) As soon as I start to type the password, another (!) keyring window
    pops up in my face and asks me for some password. Erm, which one ?

    I don't know if some of you got similar problems, but how do I get rid
    of this mess ? I figured out how to deactivate KWallet in the Settings.
    But what about that keyring popup ? And how do I get OwnCloud to simply
    store the password somewhere under ~/.config without making me jump
    through burning loops ?

    Cheers,

    Niki

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  • From Marko Ran?elovi?@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 16:00:01

    On 1/15/26 12:15, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
    Hi,

    I'm running Debian Trixie with KDE on my HP Z440 workstation. So far everything runs nicely. Currently I'm sanding down a few edges.

    I have OwnCloud on a server, and I'm connecting to it via OwnCloud
    client for file synchronization, tasks, calendar, etc.

    Before Debian I had Rocky Linux with KDE from the third-party EPEL repository on this workstation. No KWallet, no GNOME keyring, nothing.
    I fired up KDE, and I guess the password was stored somewhere under ~/.config/owncloud.

    On my fresh Debian install the whole thing's a mess. Here's what happens:

    1) When I start a session, Kwallet fires up and asks me for my GPG passphrase (because that's what I chose initially).

    2) Then OwnCloud displays a login window and asks for the password.
    Erm, why? I thought KWallet already handled that ?

    3) As soon as I start to type the password, another (!) keyring window
    pops up in my face and asks me for some password. Erm, which one ?

    I don't know if some of you got similar problems, but how do I get rid
    of this mess ? I figured out how to deactivate KWallet in the
    Settings. But what about that keyring popup ? And how do I get
    OwnCloud to simply store the password somewhere under ~/.config
    without making me jump through burning loops ?

    Cheers,

    Niki

    Do you have gnome-keyring installed?

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  • From ?ar?nas Burdulis@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 15, 2026 20:40:01
    Hi,

    In case you haven't exhausted them yet, there are quite a few options in System Settings > KDE Wallet. And then there is Wallet Manager.

    No idea about 'keyring'. Sounds like Gnome?
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  • From Jonathan Dowland@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 16, 2026 11:30:01
    On Thu Jan 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM GMT, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
    I have OwnCloud on a server, and I'm connecting to it via OwnCloud
    client for file synchronization, tasks, calendar, etc.

    Where are you getting the OwnCloud client from -- Debian or elsewhere?

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  • From Nicolas Kovacs@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 16, 2026 12:50:01
    Le 16/01/2026 … 11:22, Jonathan Dowland a ‚critÿ:
    Where are you getting the OwnCloud client from -- Debian or elsewhere?

    From Debian's stable repository (Trixie).

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