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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2018-05-13 13:29:40 +0200
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2018-05-13 13:29:40 +0200
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@@ -214,7 +214,10 @@ symmetric cipher used is @value{GPGSYMENCALGO}, but may be chosen with the
@option{--encrypt} (for a message that may be decrypted via a secret key
or a passphrase), or @option{--sign} and @option{--encrypt} together
(for a signed message that may be decrypted via a secret key or a
-passphrase).
+passphrase). @command{@gpgname} caches the passphrase used for
+symmetric encryption so that a decrypt operation may not require that
+the user needs to enter the passphrase. The option
+@option{--no-symkey-cache} can be used to disable this feature.
@item --store
@opindex store
@@ -1037,38 +1040,13 @@ signing.
@c man:.RS
The listing shows you the key with its secondary keys and all user
-ids. The primary user id is indicated by a dot, and selected keys or
-user ids are indicated by an asterisk. The trust
-value is displayed with the primary key: the first is the assigned owner
-trust and the second is the calculated trust value. Letters are used for
-the values:
+IDs. The primary user ID is indicated by a dot, and selected keys or
+user IDs are indicated by an asterisk. The trust
+value is displayed with the primary key: "trust" is the assigned owner
+trust and "validity" is the calculated validity of the key. Validity
+values are also displayed for all user IDs.
+For possible values of trust, @pxref{trust-values}.
@c man:.RE
-
-@table @asis
-
- @item -
- No ownertrust assigned / not yet calculated.
-
- @item e
- Trust
- calculation has failed; probably due to an expired key.
-
- @item q
- Not enough information for calculation.
-
- @item n
- Never trust this key.
-
- @item m
- Marginally trusted.
-
- @item f
- Fully trusted.
-
- @item u
- Ultimately trusted.
-
-@end table
@c ******** End Edit-key Options **********
@item --sign-key @var{name}
@@ -3188,6 +3166,12 @@ are:
Pinentry the user is not prompted again if he enters a bad password.
@end table
+@item --no-symkey-cache
+@opindex no-symkey-cache
+Disable the passphrase cache used for symmetrical en- and decryption.
+This cache is based on the message specific salt value
+(cf. @option{--s2k-mode}).
+
@item --request-origin @var{origin}
@opindex request-origin
Tell gpg to assume that the operation ultimately originated at
@@ -3302,8 +3286,14 @@ print the public key data.
Same as @option{--list-keys}, but the signatures are listed too. This
command has the same effect as using @option{--list-keys} with
@option{--with-sig-list}. Note that in contrast to
-@option{--check-signatures} the key signatures are not verified.
+@option{--check-signatures} the key signatures are not verified. This
+command can be used to create a list of signing keys missing in the
+lcoal keyring; for example:
+@example
+ gpg --list-sigs --with-colons USERID | \
+ awk -F: '$1=="sig" && $2=="?" @{if($13)@{print $13@}else@{print $5@}@}'
+@end example
@item --fast-list-mode
@opindex fast-list-mode
@@ -3831,6 +3821,10 @@ which is equivalent to
imports only the user ids of a key containing the strings "Alfa"
or "Alpha" but not the string "test".
+@mansect trust values
+@ifset isman
+@include trust-values.texi
+@end ifset
@mansect return value
@chapheading RETURN VALUE