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On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 13:51:20 GMT thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> On 01/16/2018 11:47 PM, Alexander Ben Nasrallah wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:51:40PM -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> >> When I try to decrypt a file I get: |
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> >> |
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> >> gpg2 text.asc |
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> >> ... |
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> >> gpg: public key decryption failed: No pinentry |
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> >> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key |
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> >> |
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> >> app-crypt/pinentry-1.0.0-r2 is installed |
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> > |
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> > Sometime you have to set one of the following. |
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> > |
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> > # PIN entry program |
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> > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-curses # no X |
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> > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt |
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> > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-kwallet |
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> > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2 |
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> > |
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> > to whatever suits you in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf. |
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> > |
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> > Hope that helps. |
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> |
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> OK, "gpg2 text.asc" it works now at the computer terminal but when I |
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> log-in over "ssh" |
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> it still giving me same error. |
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Have you logged in as a user which has a key pair configured on the PC? |
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> gpg2 text.asc |
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> ... |
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> gpg: public key decryption failed: End of file |
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> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key |
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This says you don't have a private key configured. |
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> In my other boxes I don't have any entry in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf |
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> and it works OK even over ssh. |
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> Joseph |
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An entry like those suggested for pinentry would be required for *GUI* |
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applications to know which front end to use. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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