1 ;;; password-cache.el --- Read passwords, possibly using a password cache.
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
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6 ;; Author: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
8 ;; Keywords: password cache passphrase key
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27 ;; Greatly influenced by pgg.el written by Daiki Ueno, with timer
28 ;; fixes for XEmacs by Katsumi Yamaoka. In fact, this is mostly just
31 ;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
32 ;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password.
35 ;; (password-cache-add "test" "foo")
38 ;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
39 ;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
42 ;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
43 ;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
46 ;; ;; Wait `password-cache-expiry' seconds.
48 ;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
49 ;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password is back.
54 ;; Options are autoloaded since they are used by eg mml-sec.el.
57 (defcustom password-cache t
58 "Whether to cache passwords."