# How to cache the user pin for GPG signatures for some time?

**URL:** https://support.nitrokey.com/t/how-to-cache-the-user-pin-for-gpg-signatures-for-some-time/6505
**Category:** Nitrokeys
**Created:** [September 16, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://support.nitrokey.com/t/how-to-cache-the-user-pin-for-gpg-signatures-for-some-time/6505 "2024-09-16T04:03:02Z")
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### Author: ![svenstaro](https://support.nitrokey.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@svenstaro](https://support.nitrokey.com/u/svenstaro)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://support.nitrokey.com/t/how-to-cache-the-user-pin-for-gpg-signatures-for-some-time/6505/1 "2024-09-16T04:03:02Z")

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I currently have to enter my card pin for every single signature. Since I sometimes do hundreds of signatures in batches, this isn’t really viable for me. For my Nitrokey 2 Pro this “just works” and I don’t really worry about it. With my new Nitrokey 3A Mini, it won’t cache it at all. How can I configure this?

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### Author: ![nku](https://support.nitrokey.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/2bfe46/32.png) [@nku](https://support.nitrokey.com/u/nku)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://support.nitrokey.com/t/how-to-cache-the-user-pin-for-gpg-signatures-for-some-time/6505/2 "2024-09-16T06:18:55Z")

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```auto
gpg —card-edit
admin
forcesig

```

`forcesig` toggles the requirement to enter the User PIN everytime and it is the default on Nitrokey 3. When disabled, it will ask once per powercycle of the Nitrokey.