;; auth-config.el --- Configuration for Authentication Utilities -*- lexical-binding: t; coding: utf-8; -*- ;; author Craig Jennings ;;; Commentary: ;; ;; Configuration for Emacs authentication and GPG integration: ;; • auth-source ;; – Forces use of your default authinfo file ;; – Disable external GPG agent in favor of Emacs's own prompt ;; – Enable auth-source debug messages ;; • Easy PG Assistant (epa) ;; – Force using the 'gpg2' executable for encryption/decryption operations ;; • oauth2-auto cache fix (via advice) ;; – oauth2-auto version 20250624.1919 has caching bug on line 206 ;; – Function oauth2-auto--plstore-read has `or nil` disabling cache ;; – This caused GPG passphrase prompts every ~15 minutes during gcal-sync ;; – Fix: Advice to enable hash-table cache without modifying package ;; – Works across package updates ;; – Fixed 2025-11-11 ;;; Code: (eval-when-compile (require 'user-constants)) ;; defines authinfo-file location ;; -------------------------------- Auth Sources ------------------------------- ;; auth sources settings (use-package auth-source :ensure nil ;; built in :demand t ;; load this package immediately :config ;; USE gpg-agent for passphrase caching (400-day cache from gpg-agent.conf) ;; (setenv "GPG_AGENT_INFO" nil) ;; DISABLED: was preventing gpg-agent cache (setq auth-sources `(,authinfo-file)) ;; use authinfo.gpg (see user-constants.el) (setq auth-source-debug t) ;; echo debug info to Messages (setq auth-source-cache-expiry 86400)) ;; cache decrypted credentials for 24 hours ;; ----------------------------- Easy PG Assistant ----------------------------- ;; Key management, cryptographic operations on regions and files, dired ;; integration, and automatic encryption/decryption of *.gpg files. (use-package epa :ensure nil ;; built-in :demand t :config (epa-file-enable) ;; (setq epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback) ;; emacs request passwords in minibuffer (setq epg-gpg-program "gpg2") ;; force use gpg2 (not gpg v.1) ;; Update gpg-agent with current DISPLAY environment ;; This ensures pinentry can open GUI windows when Emacs starts (call-process "gpg-connect-agent" nil nil nil "updatestartuptty" "/bye")) ;; ---------------------------------- Plstore ---------------------------------- ;; Encrypted storage used by oauth2-auto for Google Calendar tokens. ;; CRITICAL: Enable passphrase caching to prevent password prompts every 10 min. (use-package plstore :ensure nil ;; built-in :demand t :config ;; Cache passphrase indefinitely (relies on gpg-agent for actual caching) (setq plstore-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption t) ;; Allow gpg-agent to cache the passphrase (400 days per gpg-agent.conf) (setq plstore-encrypt-to nil)) ;; Use symmetric encryption, not key-based ;; ----------------------------- oauth2-auto Cache Fix ----------------------------- ;; Fix oauth2-auto caching bug that causes repeated GPG passphrase prompts. ;; The package has `or nil` on line 206 that disables its internal cache. ;; This advice overrides the buggy function to enable caching properly. (defun cj/oauth2-auto--plstore-read-fixed (username provider) "Fixed version of oauth2-auto--plstore-read that enables caching. This is a workaround for oauth2-auto.el bug where line 206 has: (or nil ;(gethash id oauth2-auto--plstore-cache) which completely disables the internal hash-table cache. This function re-implements the intended behavior with cache enabled." (require 'oauth2-auto) ; Ensure package is loaded (let ((id (oauth2-auto--compute-id username provider))) ;; Check cache FIRST (this is what the original should do) (or (gethash id oauth2-auto--plstore-cache) ;; Cache miss - read from plstore and cache the result (let ((plstore (plstore-open oauth2-auto-plstore))) (unwind-protect (puthash id (cdr (plstore-get plstore id)) oauth2-auto--plstore-cache) (plstore-close plstore)))))) ;; Apply the fix via advice (survives package updates) (with-eval-after-load 'oauth2-auto (advice-add 'oauth2-auto--plstore-read :override #'cj/oauth2-auto--plstore-read-fixed) (message "✓ oauth2-auto cache fix applied via advice")) ;; ------------------------ Authentication Reset Utility ----------------------- (defun cj/reset-auth-cache (&optional include-gpg-agent) "Reset authentication caches when wrong password was entered. By default, only clears Emacs-side caches (auth-source, EPA file handler) and leaves gpg-agent's long-term cache intact. This preserves your 400-day cache for GPG and SSH passphrases. With prefix argument INCLUDE-GPG-AGENT (\\[universal-argument]), also clears gpg-agent's password cache. Use this when gpg-agent itself has cached an incorrect password. Clears: 1. auth-source cache (Emacs-level credential cache) 2. EPA file handler cache (encrypted file cache) 3. gpg-agent cache (only if INCLUDE-GPG-AGENT is non-nil) Use this when you see errors like: - \"Bad session key\" - \"Decryption failed\" - GPG repeatedly using wrong cached password" (interactive "P") (message "Resetting authentication caches...") ;; Clear auth-source cache (Emacs credential cache) (auth-source-forget-all-cached) ;; Clear EPA file handler cache (when (fboundp 'epa-file-clear-cache) (epa-file-clear-cache)) ;; Only clear gpg-agent cache if explicitly requested (if include-gpg-agent (let ((result (shell-command "echo RELOADAGENT | gpg-connect-agent"))) (if (zerop result) (message "✓ Emacs and gpg-agent caches cleared. Next access will prompt for password.") (message "⚠ Warning: Failed to clear gpg-agent cache"))) (message "✓ Emacs caches cleared. GPG/SSH passphrases preserved for session."))) (defun cj/kill-gpg-agent () "Force kill gpg-agent (it will restart automatically on next use). This is a more aggressive reset than `cj/reset-auth-cache'. Use this when gpg-agent is stuck or behaving incorrectly. The gpg-agent will automatically restart on the next GPG operation." (interactive) (let ((result (shell-command "gpgconf --kill gpg-agent"))) (if (zerop result) (message "✓ gpg-agent killed. It will restart automatically on next use.") (message "⚠ Warning: Failed to kill gpg-agent")))) (defun cj/clear-oauth2-auto-cache () "Clear the oauth2-auto in-memory token cache. This forces oauth2-auto to re-read tokens from oauth2-auto.plist on next access. Useful when OAuth tokens have been manually updated or after re-authentication. Note: This only clears Emacs's in-memory cache. The oauth2-auto.plist file on disk is not modified." (interactive) (if (boundp 'oauth2-auto--plstore-cache) (progn (clrhash oauth2-auto--plstore-cache) (message "✓ oauth2-auto token cache cleared")) (message "⚠ oauth2-auto not loaded yet"))) ;; Keybindings (with-eval-after-load 'keybindings (keymap-set cj/custom-keymap "A" #'cj/reset-auth-cache)) (with-eval-after-load 'which-key (which-key-add-key-based-replacements "C-; A" "reset auth cache")) (provide 'auth-config) ;;; auth-config.el ends here.