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Save pidgin passwords to KWallet instead of as plaintext

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pidgin-kwallet

Pidgin usually stores passwords as plaintext. This plugin instead saves all passwords to kwallet, which some would argue is a more secure form of password storage.

After the plugin is enabled, whenever an account with a pidgin-stored password signs on, its password will automatically be saved to kwallet and removed from the plaintext accounts.xml file.

Building from source

You will need the libpurple development libraries, along with pkg-config ang golang.

The go dependencies can be installed through: go get -v github.com/godbus/dbus

Afterwards, use git clone to download the source (the version is set by git), and run make to compile. For installation:

  • local ($HOME/.purple/plugins): make install_local
  • global (/usr/lib/purple-2): sudo make install

Why go?

Because I don't like the dbus APIs for C

Credits

This plugin is a heavily modified version of pidgin-gnome-keyring

Modifications

  • 2018 Marcus Soll: Modified version to support kwallet instead of gnome-keyring

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