How to migrate passwords from Kwallet to the GNOME keyring?

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Only way i see, is to install KDE, login to KDE-session and try export data from Chrome/Iron directly.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • wk.
    wk. almost 2 years

    I migrated from KDE to Unity desktop. So all my passwords I used with Chromium and Iron-browsers are stucked in Kwallet.

    How to access passwords from Kwallet inside Unity? Maybe there is way that browsers could use still Kwallet? Or some way for migration?

    I use now Ubuntu 12.04, Kwallet was in Kubuntu 11.10.

    Edit. Results so far:

    I tried to use Kwallet under Unity2d, but if Chrome/Iron does not ask directly from Kwallet (and it does not, it uses Seahorse under Unity2d), the data saved to Kwallet from Chrome/Iron is useless.

    I exported from Kwallet as XML and tried to load it to KeyPassX, but result is same, because Chrome/Iron data is unreachable. When i look data through the Kwallet, there is said: "This is binary entry. It cannot be edited as its format is unknown and application specific".

    Only way i see, is to install KDE somewhere and try export data from Chrome/Iron directly, but i still hope to have better solution.

    • wk.
      wk. about 12 years
      @desgua: Tried now, it does not work. It looks for "a file containing at least one ASCII armored public key" (as manual says). .kwl file does not suit here.
    • wk.
      wk. about 12 years
      @desgua: You pointed to Kleopatra docs, in Kwallet docs is nothing about present export funtionality. If Kleopatra is capable handling of Kwallet, i had to like know about it.
    • wk.
      wk. about 12 years
      I had problem with Kwallet too, because it did not start. As it sorted out, it started, but did not had windows. So from here bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdeutils/+bug/576284 i got hint to use '--show' key. Appears, Kwallet can export to file, but only as XML. So we got some steps forward, but stuck in the middle... Copying/dragging to file manager directs to .kwl files.
    • nilsonneto
      nilsonneto about 12 years
      @wk - please re-edit your question with what you have tried from the above comments. When done, these comments can then be deleted. thanks.
  • wk.
    wk. about 12 years
    What you mean with "Classic version"? Yes, import works seamlessy with some data, but does not help with data i am looking for (Chrome/Iron forms data), which is saved in Kwallet in application specific format and so not imported to the KeePassx.
  • marc-andre benoit
    marc-andre benoit about 12 years
    if you look in my response the "Classic" version refers to the KeePass 1.x database format..
  • wk.
    wk. about 12 years
    So which exact steps are you suggesting? Sorry, i still don't get it...
  • marc-andre benoit
    marc-andre benoit about 12 years
    export from kwallet to keepassx 1.x format then import in keepassx from that one..
  • wk.
    wk. about 12 years
    Kwallet knows only one Import/Export format: XML