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gnome-keyring package

unable to set gnome-keyring key timeout (SSH and GPG keys)

Bug #987167 reported by brott
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This bug affects 13 people
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gcr (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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gnome-keyring (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I am unable to set the timeout values for any particular GPG key. The default seems to be for the entire session.
I have installed "seahorse" package to help configure. For my particular case, I am using KMyMoney which uses a GPG key to lock the database. I created a personal key entry in seahorse, and used it to lock the database. However, I am only prompted for the passphrase if I log out of my session completely. I wish to configure this such that it times out after 10 minutes (for example).

Bug #645561 seems to be similar case, though I could not find a solution given that fix.

I am using 12.04 with gnome shell.

Thanks!

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brott (gatorstudent20) wrote :

Just updating that this is still an issue in 12.04

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Eric Drechsel (ericdrex) wrote :

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-keyring/+bug/645561

Changed in gnome-keyring (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-keyring (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
summary: - unable to set gpg key timeout
+ unable to set gnome-keyring key timeout (SSH and GPG keys)
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Jackson Bahr (jake-bahr) wrote :

I'm running ubuntu 12.10 and I also seem to have this problem

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Andreas Oberritter (mtdcr) wrote :

This bug is still in 13.04. /usr/lib/gcr/gcr-prompter does not allow to choose a timeout.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gcr (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Andreas Oberritter (mtdcr) wrote :

This bug is still in 13.10.

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Hans Deragon (deragon) wrote :

Still present in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Thar. It used to be configurable IIRC. Why the regression?

Workaround:

Edit ${HOME}/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

Add:

default-cache-ttl 86400 # default-cache-ttl in secondes, here representing 24 hours.

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