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Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out |
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Sat, 7 May 2016 16:00:31 +0200 |
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the options i linked are meant to enable piping of a passphrase into gpg. if
you want to be asked you should leave away the gpg option, if i remember
correctly.
..ede/duply.net
On 07.05.2016 15:46, address@hidden wrote:
> So, with the options mentioned in the message you mentioned I got the
> following:
> ===== Begin GnuPG log =====
> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID <hidden> created 2016-05-06
> "John Covici (key for backup) <hidden>"
> gpg: public key decryption failed: No passphrase given
> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
> ===== End GnuPG log =====
> I thought it would ask me for the password. I would like to have that
> option if possible. But at least I have it working. One problem was
> that I had a special character which I had to prefix with \ .
>
>
> address@hidden wrote:
>
>> On 07.05.2016 08:48, address@hidden wrote:
>>> Hi. I am not getting my own messages, so I don't know if anything gets
>>> through, but I have some more information about this problem.
>>
>> the list works fine. check your spam folders or whatever, this message as
>> well as the other one went through. i assume you generally receive mails
>> from the list as you are posting here, but just in case i'll cc you directly.
>>
>>> I did a google search and apparently this has something to do with using
>>> gpg 2.1. I have been trying different combinations of gpg options such
>>> as --pinentry-mode loopback and allow-pinentry-mode in my
>>> gpg-agent.conf, but I seem to have no way to enter my password, so I can
>>> decrypt a volume! Not much point in backing up, if you can't restore.
>>
>> yeah, gpg decided to make it really difficult to pump passwords into gpg
>> 2.1+ via shell. what you need is
>>
>> https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/duplicity-talk/2015-07/msg00068.html
>>
>>> Without duplicity, I can enter my password for gpg fine, but no
>>> combination if exporting the password or not is working for me.
>>>
>>> Please help if you can.
>>>
>>
>> additionally you may want to try duply, which tests if your given gpg
>> settings work as expected before running duplicity itself.
>>
>> ..ede/duply.net
>>
>
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, (continued)
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, Scott Hannahs, 2016/05/16
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, covici, 2016/05/16
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, Kenneth Loafman, 2016/05/17
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, T. Prost, 2016/05/17
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, Scott Hannahs, 2016/05/16
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, covici, 2016/05/16
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, covici, 2016/05/12
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, covici, 2016/05/07
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out,
edgar . soldin <=
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out, covici, 2016/05/07