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doc: Add note regarding gpg-preset-passphrase and --max-cache-ttl. 

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GnuPG-bug-id: 1615
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Werner Koch 2014-06-24 13:46:52 +02:00
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doc/gpg-agent.texi
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@ -372,13 +372,16 @@ seconds. The default is 1800 seconds.
@opindex max-cache-ttl
Set the maximum time a cache entry is valid to @var{n} seconds. After
this time a cache entry will be expired even if it has been accessed
recently. The default is 2 hours (7200 seconds).
recently or has been set using @command{gpg-preset-passphrase}. The
default is 2 hours (7200 seconds).
@item --max-cache-ttl-ssh @var{n}
@opindex max-cache-ttl-ssh
Set the maximum time a cache entry used for SSH keys is valid to @var{n}
seconds. After this time a cache entry will be expired even if it has
been accessed recently. The default is 2 hours (7200 seconds).
Set the maximum time a cache entry used for SSH keys is valid to
@var{n} seconds. After this time a cache entry will be expired even
if it has been accessed recently or has been set using
@command{gpg-preset-passphrase}. The default is 2 hours (7200
seconds).
@item --enforce-passphrase-constraints
@opindex enforce-passphrase-constraints

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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}.
@menu