Function to test passphrase

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On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 01:02:55PM -0600, Will McDonald wrote:
> Any ideas here? I'm just looking for some pointers out how to do simple
> passphrase verification of a key. Any direction is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> -will
> 
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 12:58:24PM -0600, Will McDonald wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'd like to write a little program that would simply test whether a given
> > passphrase is correct or not for a private key, then return true or false.
> > I've looked at the sources, but it wasn't immediately obvious to me what gnupg
> > functions to start with. Obiously there are a few steps to this (loading the
> > private key, testing the passphrase)...
> > 
> > Can someone point me to which functions I should be looking at? Also, any
> > tips?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -will
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