Bug 266380

Summary:	Kmail asks for gpg key password each time mail is signed
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	jack <samtuke>
Component:	encryption	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.13.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description jack 2011-02-15 14:44:15 UTC

Version:           1.13.5 (using KDE 4.5.5) 
OS:                Linux

A qt dialogue appears for pin entry in order to sign emails with my pgp key most times I send a signed email. It appears that kwallet isn't being used.

Incidentally (may not be related) kwallet periodically asks me for my wallet password again, about every 30-60 mins.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
enable auto mail sigining with a gpg key, send emails over a long period of time, perhaps leaving 30 mins between sending if necessary.

Actual Results:  
dialogue popup requesting key password

Expected Results:  
password for key is silently retrieved from kwallet, where its been stored already

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Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2011-02-15 15:33:28 UTC

That's the expected behaviour.

There's no interest in signing mail if you don't actually sign.

Comment 2 jack 2011-02-15 15:50:28 UTC

What?

The point is to actually sign, but to retrieve the password from kwallet when doing so.

As I recall this is how kmail used to work before this bug appeared.

Users shouldn't have to type the password for their GPG key each time they send a signed mail, and they didn't use to have to.

Comment 3 Christophe Marin 2011-02-15 17:52:41 UTC

The secret passphrase was never stored in kwallet. (hopefully)
This most likely means your gnupg settings were changed.

Comment 4 Christophe Marin 2011-02-15 17:54:54 UTC

hint: make sure 'ignore-cache-for-signing' wasn't added to your gpg-agent.conf