Why is GPG not working even with pinentry?

Why is GPG not working even with pinentry?

Check this config file for an incorrect path to the pinentry-program and delete this line. I’ve had that error message when trying to decrypt a (symmetrically encrypted) file on OS X (macOS Sierra 10.12.4). Solution was to add the option –pinentry-mode loopback

Why does GPG ask for password even with–passphrase?

Just another example of over engineering I guess. Here’s a link to a stackoverflow answer that maybe of further assistance; I have a project that does bulk decryption/encryption, and due to GnuPG being very strict about passphrases, learned the hard way that –passphrase only works on rare occasions.

How does GPG-E decrypt a GnuPG file?

I’ve some stuff encrypted with GnuPG using gpg -e. When I decrypt them, the system does not ask for the passphrase, it decrypts it straight away. Does it store the secret key somewhere and uses it (I also stored my secret key in the GnuPG key chain, does it uses that)?

Where is the secret key stored in GnuPG?

Does it store the secret key somewhere and uses it (I also stored my secret key in the GnuPG key chain, does it uses that)? GnuPG only uses keys from your key chain, so it must be in there to use it. How can I force the system to ask the passphrase every time?

Where can I find a pinentry symlink for GnuPG?

GnuPG uses a pluggable and configurable pinentry implementation, usually through symlinks on /usr/bin/pinentry or similar solutions. On Debian and derivatives shipping the update-alternative system, you can display which one is setup running

Why does pinentry pop up on my screen?

So when remotely logging into a box where a gpg-agent with SSH support is running, the pinentry will get popped up on whatever display the gpg-agent has been started. To solve this problem you may issue the command and the next pinentry will pop up on your display or screen.

Why do I get an error message when running GPG in wine?

When running the W32 version of gpg under Wine you may get an error messages like: The solution is to use the command wineconsole . Some operations like –generate-key really want to talk to the console directly for increased security (for example to prevent the passphrase from appearing on the screen).

How to set pinentry-program to custom wrapper?

You then need to set pinentry-program to a custom wrapper such as this that will run the curses or the GTK pinentry depending on that variable. Note that this only seems to work with GPG 2.x, contrary to what the documentation of GPG 1.x says.

Why does gpg agent not create a socket?

The gpg-agent launched by systemd does not create any socket under /run/user/1000/gnupg/. That is very strange, because its logs do indicate that:

Is there a way to run pinentry in NixOS?

You can either use NixOS (or home-manager) to manage the agent or do it manually, but you have to make sure the agent knows the path to the pinentry binary. If you start the agent manually you can add –pinentry-program=/run/current-system/sw/bin/pinentry-whatever.