GPG-PRESET-PASSPHRASE(1) GNU Privacy Guard GPG-PRESET-PASSPHRASE(1)
NAME
gpg-preset-passphrase - Put a passphrase into gpg-agent's cache
SYNOPSIS
gpg-preset-passphrase [options] [command] cache-id
DESCRIPTION
The gpg-preset-passphrase is a utility to seed the internal cache of a running gpg-agent with passphrases. It
is mainly useful for unattended machines, where the usual pinentry tool 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 --forget option is used to explicitly clear them
from the cache --- or gpg-agent is either restarted or reloaded (by sending a SIGHUP to it). It is necessary
to allow this passphrase presetting by starting gpg-agent with the --allow-preset-passphrase.
gpg-preset-passphrase is invoked this way:
gpg-preset-passphrase [options] [command] cacheid
cacheid is either a 40 character keygrip of hexadecimal characters identifying the key for which the
passphrase should be set or cleared. The keygrip is listed along with the key when running the command: gpgsm
--dump-secret-keys. Alternatively an arbitrary string may be used to identify a passphrase; it is suggested
that such a string is prefixed with the name of the application (e.g foo:12346).
One of the following command options must be given:
--preset
Preset a passphrase. This is what you usually will use. gpg-preset-passphrase will then read the
passphrase from stdin.
--forget
Flush the passphrase for the given cache ID from the cache.
The following additional options may be used:
-v
--verbose
Output additional information while running.
-P string
--passphrase string
Instead of reading the passphrase from stdin, use the supplied string as passphrase. Note that this
makes the passphrase visible for other users.
GnuPG 2.0.22 2016-11-05 GPG-PRESET-PASSPHRASE(1)
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