Ubuntu
enigmail package

Remembering passphrase does not work

Bug #174640 reported by Florian Boor on 2007-12-07

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	enigmail (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: enigmail

For reproducing you need an encrypted mail in a folder and a gpg with passphrase.

1. Activate passphrase remembering using the OpenPGP->Preferences dialog.
2. Open an encrypted email, you are asked for the passphrase.
3. Open another email and the encrypted one again and you are asked for your passphrase again.
-> The passphrase is not remembered.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 7 12:52:34 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mozilla-thunderbird 2.0.0.8~pre071022+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux case 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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Florian Boor (fb-kernelconcepts) wrote on 2007-12-07:

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no!chance (ralf-fehlau) wrote on 2008-05-19:

Same bug on my system: if I receive an email, which is signed, encrypted and has one attachment, the password dialog box appears three time for one mail.

I upgraded from dapper to hardy. Ubuntu 8.04, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, Enigmail 0.95.6

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pablo88 (pablo88) wrote on 2008-05-19:

I had the same problem and fixed it thus.

System > Preferences > Encryption and Keyrings > PGP Passphrases

Then set "Remember passphrase for xxx minutes" and this, in my case, resolved the problem.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote on 2008-05-19: Re: [Bug 174640] Re: Remembering passphrase does not work

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Hash: SHA1

pablo88 wrote:
| I had the same problem and fixed it thus.
|
| System > Preferences > Encryption and Keyrings > PGP Passphrases
|
| Then set "Remember passphrase for xxx minutes" and this, in my case,
| resolved the problem.
|
If the above doesnt work please mv your profile and start with a clean
profile see if it works than. Also disable any extensions or addons you
have other than enigmail.

- --
Sincerely Yours,
~ John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246
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Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

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0EN+04Agi+vZCVC/fySFBg==
=oigs
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no!chance (ralf-fehlau) wrote on 2008-05-20:

Hi,

Thank you! This works. I only looked at the Thunderbird-menu -> OpenPGP -> Settings: "rember password for ... minutes". This setting had no effect.

Sincerely Yours,
Ralf Fehlau

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote on 2008-05-20:

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Hash: SHA1

- --
Sincerely Yours,
~ John Vivirito

iD8DBQFIMzDZqig4QTwcPCoRAr4jAJ9I49yy4jI4bq7X9PKCyoXg849TsQCghu/N
st1KYhKyDDNngvj18YcGLuY=
=6LSJ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Changed in enigmail:
status:	New → Incomplete

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote on 2008-05-20:

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Hash: SHA1

no!chance wrote:
| Hi,
|
| Thank you! This works. I only looked at the Thunderbird-menu -> OpenPGP
| -> Settings: "rember password for ... minutes". This setting had no
| effect.
|
| Sincerely Yours,
| Ralf Fehlau
|
Florian,
IS this still an issue for you? I am unable to reproduce this in Hardy
Thunderbird version 2.0.0.14 Im gonna assume sinc eyou havent commented
on the bug that you found the same feature that pabio88 did and im
closing this bug. Please reopen it if neither the setting nor the moving
of the profile fixes this for you.

Pabio88,
Your problem wasnt a bug it is a feature as you found out.

- --
Sincerely Yours,
~ John Vivirito

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oWXzrvkfRvwEFQwyl/krQ9M=
=cAZv
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Changed in enigmail:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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no!chance (ralf-fehlau) wrote on 2008-05-20:

Hi John,

sorry, I didn't write the solution.

> Moving your profile worked?

I changed the settings under System > Preferences > Encryption and Keyrings > PGP Passphrases. The default selection was the first item "Kennwörter nie merken" ("do not remember passwords").

Regards,
Ralf