Re: [Duplicity-talk] no GPG passphrase

[Kenneth Loafman]

Add the --use-agent option to keep duplicity from asking for a passphrase.

...Ken

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:50 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:

On 30.03.2014 18:11, Grant wrote:
>>> What do I need to do to prevent the prompts so I can automate the operation?
>>
>> normally none. just tested again, there is no passphrase prompt if you really use passphraseless keys.
>>
>> do you use the latest duplicity version 0.6.23? if not, update and retry.
>
> I just updated to 0.6.23 and deleted the duplicity archive but I still
> get the GPG passphrase prompt.

that's expected as duplcity now has to recreate the (unencrypted) archive folder and therefore needs to decrypt remote files

>> if the error persists doublecheck your key parameters again.
>
> How can I verify that a GPG keypair has no passphrase?  I tried
> creating a new keypair without a passphrase but the problem persists.
> When creating the keypair, pinentry warns me "You have not entered a
> passphrase".  Later, all I have to do is hit "Enter" when prompted for
> the passphrase which also indicates that there is no passphrase.
>
> duplicity --ssh-options "-oIdentityFile=/root/.ssh/ssh_key"
> --encrypt-key=key_id --sign-key=key_id / scp://192.168.0.2//backup
>

try manually encrypting something with gpg.
 http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html

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