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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/DETAILS | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg-agent.texi | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tools.texi | 11 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS index 93dedbea0..dd3e357ec 100644 --- a/doc/DETAILS +++ b/doc/DETAILS @@ -826,6 +826,19 @@ The format of this file is as follows: entry code. This is a global option. %no-ask-passphrase Disable the ask-passphrase mode. + %no-protection + With GnuPG 2.1 it is not anymore possible to specify a + passphrase for unattended key generation. The passphrase + command is simply ignored and %ask-passpharse is thus + implicitly enabled. Using this option allows to the creation + of keys without any passphrases. This option is mainly + intended for regression tests. + %transient-key + If given the keys are created using a faster and a somewhat + less secure random number generator. This option may be used + for keys which are only used for a short time and do not + require full cryptographic strength. It takes only effect if + used together with the option no-protection. o The order of the parameters does not matter except for "Key-Type" which must be the first parameter. The parameters are only for the diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index d504d2a99..02a2c28a9 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ pinentry to pop up at the @code{tty} or display you started the agent. @item --enable-ssh-support @opindex enable-ssh-support -Enable emulation of the OpenSSH Agent protocol. +Enable the OpenSSH Agent protocol. In this mode of operation, the agent does not only implement the gpg-agent protocol, but also the agent protocol used by OpenSSH @@ -512,10 +512,20 @@ has been started. To switch this display to the current one, the following command may be used: @smallexample -echo UPDATESTARTUPTTY | gpg-connect-agent +gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye @end smallexample +Although all GnuPG components try to start the gpg-agent as needed, this +is not possible for the ssh support because ssh does not know about it. +Thus if no GnuPG tool which accesses the agent has been run, there is no +guarantee that ssh is abale to use gpg-agent for authentication. To fix +this you may start gpg-agent if needed using this simple command: +@smallexample +gpg-connect-agent /bye +@end smallexample + +Adding the @option{--verbose} shows the progress of starting the agent. @end table diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi index efb37e699..ce7d2b3be 100644 --- a/doc/tools.texi +++ b/doc/tools.texi @@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ List the global configuration file in a colon separated format. If Run a syntax check on the global configuration file. If @var{filename} is given, check that file instead. +@item --reload [@var{component}] +@opindex reload +Reload all or the given component. This is basically the sam as sending +a SIGHUP to the component. Components which don't support reloading are +ignored. + @end table @@ -1170,6 +1176,11 @@ Try to be as quiet as possible. @include opt-homedir.texi +@item --agent-program @var{file} +@opindex agent-program +Specify the agent program to be started if none is running. + + @item -S @itemx --raw-socket @var{name} @opindex S |