Variable: password-cache

password-cache is a customizable variable defined in password-cache.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Whether to cache passwords.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/password-cache.el.gz
;;; password-cache.el --- Read passwords, possibly using a password cache.  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Copyright (C) 1999-2000, 2003-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
;; Created: 2003-12-21
;; Keywords: extensions

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;;; Commentary:

;; Greatly influenced by pgg.el written by Daiki Ueno, with timer
;; fixes for XEmacs by Katsumi Yamaoka.  In fact, this is mostly just
;; a rip-off.
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password.
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; (password-cache-add "test" (read-passwd "Password? "))
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt from read-passwd, which returns "foo".
;;  => nil

;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; No minibuffer prompt
;;  => "foo"
;;
;; ;; Wait `password-cache-expiry' seconds.
;;
;; (password-read "Password? " "test")
;; ;; Minibuffer prompt for password is back.
;;  => "foo"

;;; Code:

;; Options are autoloaded since they are used by eg mml-sec.el.

;;;###autoload
(defcustom password-cache t
  "Whether to cache passwords."
  :group 'password
  :type 'boolean)