On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 08:02 +0200, Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:43, rog...@sdf.lonestar.org said: > > (or .gnupg/option statement or environmental variable) which seeks to > > make gpg/pinentry usage stricter. > > Right; that is why a standard solution would not work. > > > (Granted, I find X useful and prefer still strongly prefer the console. > > Just don't try forcing the X windows down my throat like Windows > > No need to. There is the curses pinentry and the gpg-agent options > > --keep-tty > --keep-display > Ignore requests to change the current tty or X window system's > DISPLAY variable respectively. This is useful to lock the > pinentry to pop up at the tty or display you started the agent. > > Originally added to support running gpg-agent in screen(1). Still you > will have the annoyance/security_feature to switch to the other tty. > > > Salam-Shalom, > > Werner
Ah. Bingo. So really I should go file a (nagging) bug for Evolution PIM client (nagging) me to enter a passphrase each time I start the Evolution application. Ten to one, it's using a gpg keyring for encrypting the email account passwords. (ie. standard POP & IMAP which are sent unecrypted anyways!) Looks like I need to go back, re-enable the gpg-agent compile time option, ensure it's configured to my liking per your above notes concerning "keep-*" options. Gather accurate data & go bug them! ;-) -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org
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