Re: Re: [Duplicity-talk] Confusion about passphrase dialog

[Gabriel Ambuehl]

On 15.9.09 Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:
> > Dear List
> > 
> > I recently noticed that duplicity 0.6.0.5 will do incremental backups just 
fine 
> > with whatever passphrase I give it when it asks. So if the passphrase is 
not 
> > needed, why ask for it in the first place - it is not particularly easy to 
have 
> > it run nonattended like this....
> 
> That's odd... what command line are you using?
> 
> It should not ask for a passphrase unless its needed.
> 


Command line and output:

address@hidden:~$  /usr/local/bin/duplicity -v 5 
--ssh-options="oIdentityFile=/home/buz/.ssh/id_duplicity" --encrypt-key YYYYYY  
scp://host

Using archive dir: /home/buz/.cache/duplicity/6399e2a78d35fc7ddeb1278d24c706e4
Using backup name: 6399e2a78d35fc7ddeb1278d24c706e4                           
Import of duplicity.backends.imapbackend Succeeded                            
Import of duplicity.backends.sshbackend Succeeded                             
Import of duplicity.backends.botobackend Succeeded                            
Import of duplicity.backends.webdavbackend Succeeded                          
Import of duplicity.backends.ftpbackend Succeeded                             
Import of duplicity.backends.tahoebackend Succeeded                           
Import of duplicity.backends.giobackend Succeeded                             
Import of duplicity.backends.localbackend Succeeded                           
Import of duplicity.backends.cloudfilesbackend Succeeded                      
Import of duplicity.backends.rsyncbackend Succeeded                           
Import of duplicity.backends.hsibackend Succeeded                             
Main action: inc                                                              
================================================================================
duplicity 0.6.05 (August 28, 2009)                                              
Args: /usr/local/bin/duplicity -v 5 --ssh-options=-
oIdentityFile=/home/buz/.ssh/id_duplicity --encrypt-key 122116E9  scp://host
Linux buz-laptop 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 18:40:08 UTC 2009 
i686                                              
/usr/bin/python 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:56:41)                  
                                                 
[GCC 4.3.3]                                                                     
                                                 
================================================================================
                                                 
Using temporary directory /tmp/duplicity-eSDGaZ-tempdir                         
                                                 
Temp has 7009976320 available, backup will use approx 34078720.                 
                                                 
Running 'sftp -oIdentityFile=/home/buz/.ssh/id_duplicity -
oServerAliveInterval=15 -oServerAliveCountMax=1 host' (attempt #1)              
                                                                                
               
PASSPHRASE variable not set, asking user.                                       
                                                 
GnuPG passphrase:                                                               
                                                 
Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.                     
                                                 


(note, I just hit enter to use an empty passphrase, duplicity then proceeds 
like it should)