[Knode-devel] [Bug 70425] New: KNode doesn't save passwords in KWallet correctly

[Sundance]

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           Summary: KNode doesn't save passwords in KWallet correctly
           Product: knode
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: knode-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: sundance at ierne.eu.org


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.94)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r3, propolice) 
OS:          Linux

SUMMARY:

On news servers where a login/password is needed, if the KWallet service is used, KNode always 'forgets' the password after you've closed it. (If KWallet is not used, then KNode displays a warning pop-up when it starts, but otherwise recalls passwords correctly.)

(Note, this is not the same bug as 66336. In fact, the patch suggested in 66336 already seems to have been applied in this version.)


HOW TO REPRODUCE:

0) Make sure KWallet is on.
1) Start KNode.
2) Add new server with a login/pass.
3) Save settings.
4) If the default wallet isn't open, a KWallet password dialog pops up.
5) Open the KWallet manager. You can check that your KNode password is there alright.
6) Close KNode.
7) This causes the KWallet auth dialog to pop up -again- (???). Give it the wallet's password or authorize KNode to access it, depending on the case.
8) Restart KNode. Go to the server you've just added.
9) BUG: KNode has forgotten the password and asks for it again.


ADDITIONAL NOTES:

Apparently, if you go peek at your wallet after KNode has closed, your password *IS* in there. It is when KNode restarts that the 'forgetting' seems to take place. Odd.


SUGGESTED TEMPORARY WORKAROUND:

Either re-enter the news server password everytime, or turn the KWallet service off, if you don't mind the warning popup KNode displays when it starts.