Re: [Duplicity-talk] no GPG passphrase

[Grant]

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

--use-agent works great, thank you.

- Grant


>> >>> 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