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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg fails to decrypt on kmail
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:10:43
Message-Id: 201002242251.40554.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg fails to decrypt on kmail by Willie Wong
1 On Wednesday 24 February 2010 15:03:06 Willie Wong wrote:
2
3 > Hum, also, try getting some debug output from gpg-agent:
4 >
5 > (1) 'killall gpg-agent' (and run ps aux to see if they are really
6 > killed)
7 > (2) Restart gpg-agent via
8 >
9 > eval 'gpg-agent --daemon --no-detach --debug-level guru --log-file
10 > ~/gpg-agent.log' (3) Run gpg.
11 >
12 > Look at the content of ~/gpg-agent.log to see if anything is amiss.
13
14 Thank you very much for persevering with me! :-)
15
16 I changed your eval argument a bit and this is what I noticed:
17
18 eval "$(gpg-agent --daemon --no-detach --debug-level guru --log-file gpg-
19 agent.log)"
20 gpg-agent[7276]: enabled debug flags: command mpi crypto memory cache memstat
21 hashing assuan
22
23 The log file shows:
24 ================================================
25 2010-02-24 20:32:01 gpg-agent[7276] listening on socket `/tmp/gpg-
26 IX4A40/S.gpg-agent'
27 2010-02-24 20:32:01 gpg-agent[7277] gpg-agent (GnuPG) 2.0.14 started
28 2010-02-24 20:32:13 gpg-agent[7277] SIGINT received - immediate shutdown
29 2010-02-24 20:32:13 gpg-agent[7277] gpg-agent (GnuPG) 2.0.14 stopped
30 2010-02-24 20:32:13 gpg-agent[7277] random usage: poolsize=600 mixed=0
31 polls=0/0 added=0/0
32 outmix=0 getlvl1=0/0 getlvl2=0/0
33 2010-02-24 20:32:13 gpg-agent[7277] secmem usage: 0/32768 bytes in 0 blocks
34 ================================================
35
36 However, when I invoke gpg it looks for another socket ... different to the
37 one that the agent is listening on.
38 ================================================
39 $ gpg -vv DATA/some_data.ods.gpg
40 gpg: using character set `iso-8859-1'
41 gpg: enabled debug flags: memstat
42 :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 16, keyid <ZZZZZZZZZZZ>
43 data: [2048 bits]
44 data: [2045 bits]
45 gpg: public key is XXXXXXXX
46 gpg: using subkey XXXXXXXX instead of primary key YYYYYYYY
47
48 You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
49 user: "me <me@×××××.com>"
50 gpg: using subkey XXXXXXXX instead of primary key YYYYYYYY
51 2048-bit ELG key, ID XXXXXXXX, created 2010-01-25 (main key ID YYYYYYYY)
52
53 can't connect to `/tmp/gpg-pNLb9Y/S.gpg-agent': No such file or directory
54 gpg: can't connect to the agent - trying fall back
55 can't connect to `/home/michael/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or directory
56 gpg: no running gpg-agent - starting one
57 gpg-agent[7265]: enabled debug flags: assuan
58 can't connect to `/home/michael/.gnupg/log-socket': Connection refused
59 gpg: problem with the agent: No pinentry
60 :encrypted data packet:
61 length: 22577
62 mdc_method: 2
63 gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG key, ID XXXXXXXX, created 2010-01-25
64 "me <me@×××××.com>"
65 gpg: public key decryption failed: General error
66 gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
67 ================================================
68
69 Why is this? Invoking gpg to decrypt different (encrypted) files always
70 brings up that socket '/tmp/gpg-pNLb9Y/S.gpg-agent'. Shouldn't it be a
71 different socket each time?
72
73 Another thing that shows something has gone south is that pinentry no longer
74 asks for a passphrase as shown above. Also, when I encrypt a file it still
75 does not ask for my passphrase - it just encrypts the file!
76 --
77 Regards,
78 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg fails to decrypt on kmail Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.EDU>