Re: [Duplicity-talk] problems with decryption gpg times out

[covici]

No, that did not work, but at least I can do it this way for now.

Thanks a lot for your help.

address@hidden wrote:

> 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
> >>
> > 
> 

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