Configuring TDEWallet
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Chapter 3. Configuring TDEWallet

Wallet Preferences Control module

Wallet Preferences

TDEWallet contains a small configuration panel with several options that allow you to tune TDEWallet to your personal preferences. The default settings for TDEWallet are sufficient for most users.

Check the box to enable or disable the KDE wallet subsystem entirely. If this box is unchecked, then TDEWallet is entirely disabled and none of the other options here have any effect, nor will TDEWallet record any information, or offer to fill in forms for you.

Close Wallet

Close when unused for:

Close the current wallet after a period of inactivity. If you check this option, set the period in the box, default is 10 minutes. When a wallet is closed, the password is needed to access it again.

Close when screen saver starts

Close the wallet as soon as the screensaver starts. When a wallet is closed, the password is needed to access it again.

Close when last application stops using it

Close the wallet as soon as applications that use it have stopped. Note that your wallets will only be closed when all the applications that use it have stopped. When a wallet is closed, the password is needed to access it again.

Automatic Wallet Selection

Select wallet to use as default:

Select which wallet you want to use as default wallet.

Different wallet for local passwords:

If checked, choose a different wallet for local passwords.

Wallet Manager

Show manager in system tray

Enable the wallet manager to have its icon in the system tray.

Hide System tray icon when last wallet closes

When there is no wallet in use anymore, remove the wallet icon from the system tray.

Finally, there is a button labelled Launch Wallet Manager, which does precisely that.

Access Control

There is only one option on this page:

Prompt when an application accesses an open wallet

Signal you when an application gains access to an open wallet.

Next there is a tree style view of the access controls for your wallets.

left mouse button click on the + symbol beside a wallet name to expand the tree. You will see the name of each application that has asked for access to the wallet, and the policy you set for it. You cannot edit policies here, or add them, but it is possible to delete an entry by right mouse button clicking on it and choosing Delete From the context menu that appears, or by simply selecting it and pressing the Delete key.

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