[PD] Pd-list Digest, Vol 46, Issue 78

[Ingo Scherzinger]

Thank you Frank,

I got it to work by disabling the gpg-agent in the gpg.conf file and setting
the "passphrase xxxxxxxx" right in that same file.

Cheers, Ingo


> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:08:19 +0100
> From: Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org>
> Subject: Re: [PD] reading encrypted files - gpg agent is not available
> 	in	this session
> To: pd-list at iem.at
> Message-ID: <20090123120819.GB10759 at footils.org>
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> 
> Hallo,
> Ingo Scherzinger hat gesagt: // Ingo Scherzinger wrote:
> 
> > I need to be able to read some GPG encrypted files within pd.
> >
> > I can unpack the file using a command line with [shell]. However I get
> an
> > error message (appearing only in "nogui") saying: "gpg agent is not
> > available in this session".
> 
> Probably the GPG agent is not availabe in this session. ;)
> 
> I'm no gpg expert, but there are various command line options related to
> a gpg agent mentioned in the manual ("man gpg"), like
> 
>  --use-agent
>  --no-use-agent
> 
>   Try to use the GnuPG-Agent.  With this option, GnuPG first tries to
> connect to
>   the agent before it asks for a passphrase. --no-use-agent disables this
> option.
> 
>  --gpg-agent-info
>   Override the value of the environment variable 'GPG_AGENT_INFO'. This is
>   only used when --use-agent has been given.  Given that this option is
> not
>   anymore  used  by gpg2, it should be avoided if possible.
> 
> Maybe some of these can help.
> 
> Ciao
> --
> Frank