On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Dkjfffkjk Dfpernf <dfpe...@yandex.com>
wrote:

> Thanks.
>
> But the problem is *not* that I don't know how to change the password.
> It's that I've lost the password but it is on my computer somewhere.
>
> $ locate pinentry
> $
>
> Nothing.
>
> Yet if I open Thunderbird, I can decrypt emails no problems. Sadly I
> cannot change the key's password without being prompted.
>
> If I restart the computer, I can still decrypt emails. Where is this
> password being stored?
>
> How can I find it? Is there some way to get Enigmail to spit it out? How
> can I find out what pinentry/agent software is being used, or where it is
> stored when the session starts? Someone somewhere must know this, and
> unfortunately it's a very important key...
>
>
Maybe you can try:
$ gpg -v -d encryptedfile.txt
and see if that shows you where your private key is stored and if it is
secured by a password?

Onno
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