I have a patch for fixing the 'forget' option. I hope this is of some help. http://old.nabble.com/file/p27817136/clear_passphrase.patch clear_passphrase.patch
It would be nice to have a more complete tool for administering passphrases, or a simpler interface to pinentry :) /K Daniel Eggleston-2 wrote: > > I'm looking for some help explaining the behavior of > gpg-preset-passphrase. > > First, the manpage states: > > Passphrases set with this utility don't expire unless the > --forget > option is used to explicitly clear them from the cache --- or > gpg-agent > is either restarted or reloaded (by sending a SIGHUP to it). It > is > > But it looks like gpg-preset-passphrase cached passphrases are still > subject > to the --max-cache-ttl option in gpg-agent ... this behavior is hardly > "Don't expire". Is there a way to change this behavior? > > Second, the manpage also states: > > --forget > Flush the passphrase for the given cache ID from the cache. > > The implication (to me) is that if I cache a passphrase with > gpg-preset-passphrase, then run gpg-preset-passphrase with the same key > fingerprint and the --forget option, that gpg-agent will no longer cache > that entry. When this didn't pan out, I thought maybe the forget command > simply makes the cached passphrase obey the --default-cache-ttl option, > but > no dice. > > So, basically the --preset command is subject to --max-cache-ttl (although > the documentation implies otherwise), and the --forget command doesn't > appear to change anything at all. Am I doing it wrong? > > Any help is appreciated, > > -- > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/gpg-preset-passphrase-tp27812444p27817136.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
