Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg 2.1: mutt asks for the passphrase twice

[Sam Jorna]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 08:20:17AM +1100, Sam Jorna wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:08:08PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> > Hey fellows,
> >
> > apparently, gnupg 2.1 does not recognise my passphrase anymore if I enter it
> > in mutt’s terminal: I compose a signed mail in mutt and send it off. Thus I
> > am asked for the passphrase first on the terminal (as it has always been),
> > and then a second time in a graphical pinentry window.
> >
> > The latter did not happen with gnupg 2.0 (double-checked by downgrading).
> > Does anyone have a hint what’s wrong here and how I can fix this?
>
> I just recently resolved this myself. You need to add
>
> --pinentry-mode loopback
>
> to the relevant commands in your muttrc:
>
> set pgp_decode_command="gpg --pinentry-mode loopback %?p?--passphrase-fd 0? --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"
> set pgp_verify_command="gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --no-verbose --batch --output - --verify %s %f"
> set pgp_decrypt_command="gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --passphrase-fd 0 --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"

Just re-read this and realised it sounds like I meant the only ones you 
needed it on were those three. I believe the option needs to be added to 
those three plus "pgp_sign_command" and "pgp_clearsign_command".  Others 
I believe won't ask for a passphrase and so shouldn't need the option.

-- 
Sam Jorna
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