Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 17:18:14 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: jhall@socket.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GnuPG not allowing passphrase entry Message-ID: <AANLkTindt62DWtrxxjQbyMwN9unJMjyxRpMph-Y2L9qi@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100901124948.B2607ECAA6@mf3.socket.net> References: <20100901124948.B2607ECAA6@mf3.socket.net>
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On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, <jhall@socket.net> wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I an attempting to decrypt a file using the following command line. > > /usr/local/bin/gpg --output /usr/local/scripts/test. --no-default-keyring > --secret-keyring 09-2010.sec --keyring 09-2010.pub --always-trust > --decrypt --recipient Wed_Sep_1_00_01_00_CDT_2010@abc.org > /usr/local/scripts/test.gpg > > When doing so, I receive the following output. > > You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for > user: "Wed_Sep_1_00_01_00_CDT_2010 (Monthly Archive Encryption Key) > <Wed_Sep_1_00_01_00_CDT_2010@abc.org>" > 1024-bit ELG key, ID E8E5F849, created 2010-09-01 (main key ID 557E7C04) > > gpg: cancelled by user > gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit ELG key, ID E8E5F849, created 2010-09-01 > =A0 =A0 =A0"Wed_Sep_1_00_01_00_CDT_2010 (Monthly Archive Encryption Key) > <Wed_Sep_1_00_01_00_CDT_2010@abc.org>" > gpg: public key decryption failed: General error > gpg: decryption failed: No secret key > > While the prompt to enter a passphrase does appear, it is skipped without > allowing me to enter anything. > > gpg-agent is running. =A0I am running FreeBSD 8.0. My GnuPG version is > 2.0.14 gpg-agent (and pinentry-*) causes all sorts of trouble. Are you sure all environment variables are pointing to it when you run gpg (notably GPG_AGENT_INFO and GPG_TTY)? What about the permissions of the sockets? > I have also tried adding the public and secret keys to the default keyrin= g > and receive the same result. > > Thanks for your help. -cpghost. --=20 Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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