Mohan Radhakrishnan wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to pass a password from the command-line when > using the ‘gpg’ command to encrypt files ?
You only need a passphrase when signing or decrypting unless your using
symmetric encryption.
The man page documents the following options:
--passphrase-fd n
Read the passphrase from file descriptor n. Only the first
line will be read from file descriptor n. If you use 0 for
n, the passphrase will be read from stdin. This can only be
used if only one passphrase is supplied.
--passphrase-file file
Read the passphrase from file file. Only the first line will
be read from file file. This can only be used if only one
passphrase is supplied. Obviously, a passphrase stored in a
file is of questionable security if other users can read this
file. Don't use this option if you can avoid it.
--passphrase string
Use string as the passphrase. This can only be used if only
one passphrase is supplied. Obviously, this is of very ques-
tionable security on a multi-user system. Don't use this
option if you can avoid it.
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