Removing / updating saved entries in ksshaskpass

Hello Garuda users,

I am having trouble using ksshaskpass. I tried to clone a private repo from Github which requires authentication. I mistakenly entered my password in the prompt that opened which was actually asking for my username. Now it seems that my password is forever set as my Github username and I was not able to find a way to delete / reset the entry.
The only relevant information I found was this SO post which describes my exact problem: github - Git asks a password for a wrong URL - Stack Overflow
which however provides no solution either.
I also found this: Reddit - Dive into anything however I would like to keep using ksshaskpass or a utility like it.
I found one more post: Ksshaskpass - delete remembered credentials - Help - NixOS Discourse. This seems to be a common problem with apparently no documented solution. I do not have kwalletmanager as described there.

  1. How can I edit / remove saved usernames in ksshaskpass? Running the program only opens a prompt where I can enter a password, which then simply prints this password on the terminal.
  2. Given all the linked posts, is there a better (more usable) alternative to ksshaskpass? I'm only using it because it was already installed.

Thank you for your time.

System information:

System:
Kernel: 6.2.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=72e0724c-168d-4e42-9fe9-92c648a94321 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.9 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-P v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1407
date: 04/02/2020
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701013
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4200 high: 4201 min/max: 2200/4910 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 4200 2: 4200
3: 4200 4: 4200 5: 4200 6: 4200 7: 4200 8: 4201 9: 4200 10: 4200 11: 4200
12: 4200 13: 4200 14: 4200 15: 4200 16: 4200 bogomips: 134400
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2488 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 1054x342mm (41.50x13.46")
s-diag: 1108mm (43.63")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: primary,top-right res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: bottom-l res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55") diag: 546mm (21.51") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: N/A renderer: N/A direct-render: N/A
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 2-2:2 pcie: chip-ID: 0d8c:0014
class-ID: 0300 gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0b:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) type: USB
driver: cmedia_hs100b,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
API: ALSA v: k6.2.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.69 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.67 TiB used: 10.86 GiB (0.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 211070WD temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Patriot model: N/A
size: 28.9 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 505.58 GiB size: 505.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.83 GiB (2.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 25.6 MiB (26.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 505.58 GiB size: 505.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.83 GiB (2.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 505.58 GiB size: 505.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.83 GiB (2.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 505.58 GiB size: 505.58 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.83 GiB (2.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 49 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 374 Uptime: 47m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.26 GiB
used: 4.33 GiB (13.9%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1200
libs: 308 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-04-21
Last full system update: 2023-04-21 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

first i would reboot

secondly i would not worry to much as this is a fresh install, just reinstall :slight_smile:

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Surely there must be a better way? :sweat_smile:
I'm dual booting with Windows which I am very surprised worked immediately given all the warnings I read.
I would also like to know in case this happens again, since the prompt was somewhat misleading and I could see myself doing the same mistake again (or simply wrongly entering my username?).

I finally found a solution.
kwalletmanager is required to edit passwords, but is not installed by default.
Installing this and then running it allowed me to delete the incorrect entry for Github.

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