Ok, apparently it doesn't store it, enigmail/ehunderbird/gnupg ask me
for it again; however, the icon still gets put in the Notification Area
and stays. It will stay forever if I don't get asked for my passphrase
again. If I do get asked again, it will go away until after I enter my
passphrase the subsequent time(s) - at which point it comes back again.
** Summary changed:
- Preference to "Never remember passphrases" is not honored.
+ Preference to "Never remember passphrases" causes icon to stay in
Notification Area, indefinitely.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnupg
1) System > Preferences > Encryption and Keyrings
2) Select PGP Passphrases tab.
3) Select 'Never remember passphrases' radio-button.
4) Check 'Show icon in status area when passphrases are in memory' check-box.
5) Use Engimail with thunderbird.
6) Send an e-mail that is signed/encrypted.
- a) Thunderbird/enigmail asks for passphrase to unlock key.
- b) gnupg asks for passphrase to unlock key (yes a second time, filing
bug with enigmail...unless it's gnupg's fault?)
+ a) thunderbird/enigmail/gnupg asks for passphrase to unlock key.
+ b) thunderbird/enigmail/gnupg asks for passphrase to unlock key (yes a
second time, filing bug with enigmail...unless it's gnupg's fault?)
- Expect: Passphrase to not be stored, and the notification icon to not
- show up.
+ Expect: The notification icon to not show up, since the passphrase is
+ not being stored.
- What happens instead: Passphrase is stored and icon shows up in
- notification area. [It's still there at least 20 minutes after sending
- the e-mail.]
+ What happens instead: Icon shows up in notification area, implying that
+ a passphrase is stored; however, it is not. [It's still there at least
+ 30 minutes after sending the e-mail.] Further uses of my key require me
+ to enter my passphrase, proving that it is not stored.
$ dpkg -l | grep gnupg
ii gnupg 1.4.9-3ubuntu1
GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
ii python-gnupginterface 0.3.2-9ubuntu2
Python interface to GnuPG (GPG)
$ dpkg -l | grep gpg
ii gpgv 1.4.9-3ubuntu1
GNU privacy guard - signature verification tool
ii libgpg-error0 1.4-2ubuntu7
library for common error values and messages in G
ii libgpgme11 1.1.8-2ubuntu3
GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
$ dpkg -l | grep thunderbird
ii thunderbird
2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 mail/news client with RSS and
integrated spam fil
ii thunderbird-gnome-support
2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Support for Gnome in Mozilla
Thunderbird
ii thunderbird-locale-en-gb 1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu2
Thunderbird English language/region package
Using enigmail 0.95.7 installed from thunderbird (downloaded from mozilla
website).
Prior to an Ubuntu re-install, the problem occured with enigmail from repo's
as well.
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Preference to "Never remember passphrases" causes icon to stay in Notification
Area, indefinitely.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397665
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