> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On > Behalf Of jeff > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 1:56 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: EXT: Re: problem with gnupg2 not prompting for passphrase > > On 7/11/2017 10:51 AM, Brian Inglis wrote: > > On 2017-07-10 23:07, Thomas Wolff wrote: > >> Am 11.07.2017 um 00:38 schrieb jeff: > >>> On 7/10/2017 1:21 PM, Achim Gratz wrote: > >>>> jeff writes: > >>>>> jeff_xeon:/cygdrive/u:503: gpg2 --output fred.good --decrypt > >>>>> fred.gpg > >>>>> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID A3791E7DD935A424, created > >>>>> 2013-03-21 > >>>>> "Jeff Deifik <j...@jeffunit.com>" > >>>>> gpg: public key decryption failed: No such device or address > >>>>> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key > >>>>> > >>>>> I have uninstalled the standalone version of gnupg2 before I did this. > >>>>> It seems most likely that the version of gpg2 being invoked is a > >>>>> cygwin version. > >>>> It fails to find your private key, so it is quite obviously not in > >>>> a place where gpg2 expects to find it. > >>> I have my keys stored in $HOME/.gnupg which is where gnupg v1 > expects them. > > > > gnupg2 uses the same --homedir paths, $GNUPGHOME env var, native > > Windows reg key, and native Windows portable apps homedir as gnupg1. > > > >> Just guessing: Some software does not look in $HOME for config files (e.g. > >> openssh) but expects them in /home/... > > > > OpenSSH expects user config files in ~/.ssh/ where ~ is $HOME, or the > > home directory from "getent passwd $LOGNAME", which defaults to /. > > > > They'd better expect $HOME, not /home/$LOGNAME, as $HOME could > also be > > /u/$LOGNAME, /mnt/nfs/OrkeyDorkey, or /mnt/Network\ Users/Orkey\ > > Dorkey! ;^> > > > > The problem almost certainly lies with pinentry. It seems to be a new feature
See https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2017-07/msg00100.html for the solution. > of gnupg2. As I demonstrated, there is no problem finding my public key, nor > my private key, which are located in the default place. > The problem is the method used to get the passphrase is very broken. > After reading some stuff via google, I added > > GPG_TTY=$(tty) > export GPG_TTY > > to my .bashrc file, with no observable changes. > > jeff > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
