cacheid and preset_passphrase

Ben Kibbey bjk at luxsci.net
Fri Aug 8 01:41:20 CEST 2008


On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 04:46:14PM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:

[...]

> My proposal ist to allow an arbitrary string instead of
> hexstring_with_keygrip.  The only required code change should be for
> this command.  The other commands CLEAR_PASSPHRASE and GET_PASSPHRASE
> should accept any string as a cache ID.
> 
> You would then use 
> 
>    <myapp>:<astring_without_space>
> 
> Do not use GNUPG or similar for <myapp>.  For example:  To cache a login
> passphrase for user "joe", use this cache ID:
> 
>    GNOMOVISION:login_joe

This is what I need. This would be great to have added. Thanks for the
help.

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