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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-06-24 11:46:52 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2014-06-24 11:46:52 +0000
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parentdoc: Improve the description of gpg's --export commands. (diff)
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doc: Add note regarding gpg-preset-passphrase and --max-cache-ttl.
-- GnuPG-bug-id: 1615
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@@ -1060,10 +1060,11 @@ may not be used and the passphrases for the to be used keys are given at
machine startup.
Passphrases set with this utility don't expire unless the
-@option{--forget} option is used to explicitly clear them from the cache
---- or @command{gpg-agent} is either restarted or reloaded (by sending a
-SIGHUP to it). It is necessary to allow this passphrase presetting by
-starting @command{gpg-agent} with the
+@option{--forget} option is used to explicitly clear them from the
+cache --- or @command{gpg-agent} is either restarted or reloaded (by
+sending a SIGHUP to it). Nite that the maximum cache time as set with
+@option{--max-cache-ttl} is still honored. It is necessary to allow
+this passphrase presetting by starting @command{gpg-agent} with the
@option{--allow-preset-passphrase}.
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