Dear folks, I tried to use "preset passphrase" feature but it does not work. Log shows that gpg-agent seemingly receives passphrase but later when agent should use the cached passphrase it ask for it again from pinentry.
Is the problem mentioned by Andreas Hartmann fixed? (http://www.mail-archive.com/gnupg-users@gnupg.org/msg01518.html) I have gpg-agent version 2.0.0 from Debian package gnupg-agent 2.0.0-5.2. Detailed logs: gpg-agent starts and receives passphrase: 2008-07-14 11:07:32 gpg-agent[30422] listening on socket `/tmp/gpg-qj39fc/S.gpg-agent' 2008-07-14 11:07:58 gpg-agent[30423] handler 0x808b688 for fd 7 started gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK Pleased to meet you gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- OPTION ttyname=/dev/pts/9 gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- OPTION ttytype=xterm gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- OPTION lc-ctype=en_US gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- OPTION lc-messages=en_US gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- PRESET_PASSPHRASE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008-07-14 11:07:58 gpg-agent[30423] DBG: agent_put_cache `xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' requested ttl=-1 mode=1 gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30423.7] DBG: <- [EOF] 2008-07-14 11:07:58 gpg-agent[30423] handler 0x808b688 for fd 7 terminated Later I run gpgsm that contacts gpg-agent: gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK Pleased to meet you gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- RESET gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- OPTION ttyname=/dev/pts/9 gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- OPTION ttytype=xterm gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- OPTION lc-ctype=en_US gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- OPTION lc-messages=en_US gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- HAVEKEY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- ISTRUSTED xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- RESET gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- SIGKEY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- SETKEYDESC Please+enter+the+passphrase+to+unlock+the+secret+key+for:%0Ablahblahblah... gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- SETHASH 2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: -> OK gpg-agent[30442.0] DBG: <- PKSIGN 2008-07-14 11:10:00 gpg-agent[30442] DBG: agent_get_cache `xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'... 2008-07-14 11:10:00 gpg-agent[30442] DBG: ... miss 2008-07-14 11:10:00 gpg-agent[30442] starting a new PIN Entry 2008-07-14 11:10:00 gpg-agent[30442] DBG: connection to PIN entry established Then if I enter the same passphrase as for gpg-preset-passphrase gpg-agent works well. $GNUPGHOME/gpg-agent.conf: allow-preset-passphrase verbose verbose verbose verbose verbose debug-level guru log-file /tmp/gpg-agent.log Agents running at the moment of calling pinentry: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND foobar 30423 0.0 0.1 4340 688 ? Ss 11:07 0:00 gpg-agent --daemon --allow-preset-passphrase --write-env-file=/var/run/foo/gpg-agent-info foobar 30442 0.0 0.1 4344 956 pts/9 SL+ 11:10 0:00 gpg-agent --server Any hints will be appreciated. Gabor _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users