Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 09:02:27 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Jens Jahnke <jan0sch@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running gpg-agent and caching the passphrase Message-ID: <20110521080227.GA5841@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110521083421.334517ab.jan0sch@gmx.net> References: <20110521083421.334517ab.jan0sch@gmx.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--SUOF0GtieIMvvwua
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 08:34:21AM +0200, Jens Jahnke wrote:
>
> Hi,
>=20
> I'm trying to get gpg-agent running under 8.2 using the same setup I've
> had on my linux box.
> The agent is started via .xinitrc:
> export GPG_TTY=3D$(tty)
> if [ -z `pgrep gpg-agent` ]; then
> eval $(gpg-agent --daemon --write-env-file "${HOME}/.gpg-agent-info" \
> --log-file "${HOME}/.gnupg/gpg-agent.log")
> fi
>=20
> The agent is up and running (checked via ps) and the option "use-agent"
> is set in gpg.conf. As pinentry I installed pinentry-gtk2.
>=20
> If I try to sign or decrypt something the pinentry window comes up and
> asks for my passphrase. So far so good but I want it to cache my
> passphrase for some time.
> My ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf:
> default-cache-ttl =3D 3600
Try:
default-cache-ttl 3600
(no equals sign)
>=20
> But no matter what option I set the passphrase is not cached and there
> is no error message in the logs.
> I don't know if this is the right place to ask but the same setup was
> running on my linux box without problems so I guess this might be bsd
> related.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Jens
>=20
> P.S.: I use ssh-agent also and it works without problems. While using
> gpg-agent with the ssh option ask for the passphrase every time the key
> is used.
>=20
Regards,
=20
--=20
Frank
Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
--SUOF0GtieIMvvwua
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD)
iEYEARECAAYFAk3XcZIACgkQHduKvUAgeK4x/ACdGL3I+ZfLsr8qKXkxXSwptUL4
PX4AoJgr5fGnq7wASOdBgo+fhJUrimd3
=+oD+
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20110521080227.GA5841>