On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 08:54 -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > After recent Ubuntu/Evolution updates, some things have happened to the > gpg passphrase entry dialog: > 1. The time the passphrase remains in memory seems to have > dramatically increased, > 2. While in memory, there is a dialog that requests confirmation to > use the passphrase in memory, and > 3. The new dialog pops under, rather than over, the mail being > sent. > > My concerns are > 1. There doesn't seem to be a way to control the length of time the > passpahrase remains in memory (though I could be missing > something obvious) > 2. The new dialog seems mostly useless. Anyone can say OK. The > only options are to use the cached passphrase or enter it again. > There is no send unsigned choice. > 3. The pop under nature is mostly an annoyance and not a real > problem. I can actually see it as a security feature. That is, > someone who wants to send signed mail from my desk may not see > it popped under and think the client is frozen. I jest, of > course. > Is this an Ubuntu thing, or an upstream thing? Any way to control this > stuff?
If you are talking about GPG passphrase , then it has to do with the distribution. :) Assuming the same http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Agent-Options.html#Agent-Options may help. -- Johnny Jacob [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://johnnyjacob.org GPG fingerprint = E296 D0B9 77D9 D968 5574 DB0D 5FD0 B7CA 03DC E845
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