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changeset 110787:1a4e0055489f
* epa.texi (Caching Passphrases): New section.
| author | Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org> |
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| date | Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:12:42 +0900 |
| parents | 9a3ce1aa9d45 |
| children | 043e3c078a67 |
| files | doc/misc/ChangeLog doc/misc/epa.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog Tue Oct 05 21:20:46 2010 -0700 +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog Wed Oct 06 16:12:42 2010 +0900 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-10-06 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org> + + * epa.texi (Caching Passphrases): New section. + 2010-10-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> * Makefile.in (SHELL): Set it.
--- a/doc/misc/epa.texi Tue Oct 05 21:20:46 2010 -0700 +++ b/doc/misc/epa.texi Wed Oct 06 16:12:42 2010 +0900 @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ * Overview:: * Quick start:: * Commands:: +* Caching Passphrases:: * Bug Reports:: @end menu @@ -399,6 +400,43 @@ The default value is @code{t}. @end defvar +@node Caching Passphrases +@chapter Caching Passphrases + +Typing passphrases is an irritating task if you frequently open and +close the same file. GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant provide mechanisms to +remember your passphrases. However, the configuration is a bit +confusing since it depends on your GnuPG installation (GnuPG version 1 or +GnuPG version 2), encryption method (symmetric or public key), and whether or +not you want to use gpg-agent. Here are some questions: + +@enumerate +@item Do you use GnuPG version 2 instead of GnuPG version 1? +@item Do you use symmetric encryption rather than public key encryption? +@item Do you want to use gpg-agent? +@end enumerate + +Here are configurations depending on your answers: + +@multitable {111} {222} {333} {configuration configuration configuration} +@item @b{1} @tab @b{2} @tab @b{3} @tab Configuration +@item Yes @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do. +@item Yes @tab Yes @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. +@item Yes @tab No @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do. +@item Yes @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. +@item No @tab Yes @tab Yes @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache. +@item No @tab Yes @tab No @tab Set up elisp passphrase cache. +@item No @tab No @tab Yes @tab Nothing to do. +@item No @tab No @tab No @tab You can't, without gpg-agent. +@end multitable + +To setup gpg-agent, follow the instruction in GnuPG manual. +@pxref{Invoking GPG-AGENT, , Invoking GPG-AGENT, gnupg}. + +To set up elisp passphrase cache, set +@code{epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption}. +@xref{Encrypting/decrypting *.gpg files}. + @node Bug Reports @chapter Bug Reports