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