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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Can't gpg sign e-mail
From:       John Jacklitsch <jacklitsch () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-09-22 22:40:42
Message-ID: 200609221810.47123.jacklitsch () gmail ! com
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On Friday 22 September 2006 16:19, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 22 September 2006 22:17, John Jacklitsch wrote:
> > On Friday 22 September 2006 14:33, Ingo Kl=F6cker wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 23:31, John Jacklitsch wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 02:11, Boyan Tabakov wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 06:22:16PM -0500, John Jacklitsch wrote:
> > > > > > I can't gpg sign my emails.  When I try thru KMail I get "Signi=
ng
> > > > > > Failed: Bad passphrase" without the opportunity to enter it.  G=
PG
> > > > > > seems to work fine from the command line and everything in KGpg
> > > > > > looks okay. I am just not given the chance to enter my passphra=
se
> > > > > > before I get this error message.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Make sure gpg-agent is running:
> > > > > $ ps -e | grep gpg-agent
> > > > > If it is not - start it with
> > > > > $ gpg-agent --daemon
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help.
> > > > Afraid that is not the problem.  gpg-agent is running.
> > > > KMail picks up signed mail fine and I can send encrypted mail.
> > > > I can't sign or decrypt.  KWatchPnuPG log says:
> > > >
> > > > 5 - 2006-09-19 16:26:06 gpg-agent[2810]: command get_passphrase
> > > > failed: Operation cancelled
> > >
> > > Which pinentry program did you specify in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf? Ma=
ke
> > > sure that the pinentry program is actually installed.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ingo
> >
> > I don't know what a pinentry program is, but you might have found the
> > problem my gpg-agent.conf is pretty sparse:
> >
> > ###+++--- GPGConf ---+++###
> > debug-level basic
> > log-file socket:///root/.gnupg/log-socket
> > ###+++--- GPGConf ---+++### Thu 21 Sep 2006 04:45:12 PM CDT
> > # GPGConf edited this configuration file.
> > # It will disable options before this marked block, but it will
> > # never change anything below these lines.
>
> Here is mine:
>
> pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt
> no-grab
> allow-mark-trusted
> default-cache-ttl 3600
> log-file socket:///home/anne/.gnupg/log-socket
>
> ###+++--- GPGConf ---+++###
> default-cache-ttl 3600
> allow-mark-trusted
> debug-level basic
> log-file socket:///home/anne/.gnupg/log-socket
> ###+++--- GPGConf ---+++### Sat 26 Mar 2005 18:37:04 GMT
> # GPGConf edited this configuration file.
> # It will disable options before this marked block, but it will
> # never change anything below these lines.
>
> Note that first line.  If you haven't got it or a similar one, then you
> need to install pinentry.
>
> Anne

Thanks Anne and Ingo,
That was my problem.  Works great now.

John

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