#1 2018-02-19 19:25:24

Hanuman

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Registered: 2016-08-16

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[SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

Hi all

I generated and manage my GPG keys on the command line. I have enabled Enigmail to read them. As of now, although I have set "Remember pass phrase for" to 5 min, I have to type my pass phrase every time it is needed. I remember seeing a message saying that gpg-agent could not be found.

What is the proper way of running this (or any other) agent?

Last edited by Hanuman (2018-02-22 11:28:10)

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malm

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Registered: 2016-10-13

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

gnome-keyring?

nobody

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Registered: 2015-08-10

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

If gpg-agent is not installed, install the package of the same name.

Hanuman

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

I prefer gpg-agent.

I have installed gpg-agent but don't know how to activate it!

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nobody

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

I prefer gpg-agent.

I have installed gpg-agent but don't know how to activate it!

The agent is automatically started on demand by gpg, gpgsm, gpgconf, or gpg-connect-agent. Thus there is no reason to start it manually.

Use gpg2 (gnupg2) for best results. Under systemd, gpg-agent also supports socket activation. Under gpg (version 1), try adding use-agent to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, or use the --use-agent command line option.

Hanuman

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Registered: 2016-08-16

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

Thanks everybody. The problem is solved.

Installing gpg-agent was enough. I had a bit of a problem though. I think it was gpg-agent. An invalid key was remembered by gpg-agent although I have removed it from the key ring!

Anyway, working perfectly. Only thing, I didn't find the place to mark the thread as SOLVED.
;-(

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dolly

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Re: [SOLVED] How should I keep my GPG pass phrase during a session?

@Hanuman, just edit the thread title of your first post.