Re: [SOLVED] gpg doesn't import secret keys for me any more
On Tue 2019-01-15 12:05:39 -0500, Ineiev wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 03:06:22PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> fwiw, if you use --batch with --import, there will be no attempt to use >> pinentry, ever, which should make both commands work without complaint. > > Curiously, when I --export-secret-keys with --batch, it still requests > the password. right, that's a requirement for most secret keys, because the secret keys need to be re-encrypted into the OpenPGP-style export format. The standard locked form of the secret keys stored in ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d is not compatible directly with the OpenPGP secret key specification, so decryption and re-encryption is needed. otoh, --batch can work with --import because of a special case, where GnuPG is willing to (temporarily at least) just store the OpenPGP-wrapped secret key in private-keys-v1.d/ without converting it to the standard locked form. --dkg signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: [SOLVED] gpg doesn't import secret keys for me any more
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 03:06:22PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Sat 2019-01-12 14:25:02 -0500, Ineiev wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 02:12:47PM -0500, Ineiev wrote: > >> dti@manas:~$ gpg --home h1 --import > > > Sorry, this is what works: > > > > gpg --home h1 --import sec.asc > > to be clear, i think the issue that you were having is that both > commands use pinentry-tty, but the former command has stdin coming from > the redirected file, not the tty. Indeed, with pinentry-gtk-2, it works both ways. > fwiw, if you use --batch with --import, there will be no attempt to use > pinentry, ever, which should make both commands work without complaint. Curiously, when I --export-secret-keys with --batch, it still requests the password. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
