Using loopback pin entry with GnuPG 2.1

[Werner Koch]

On Fri,  4 Nov 2016 23:42, vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk said:

> Thread-13  gpg: DBG: chan_5 -> GETINFO version
> Thread-13  gpg: DBG: chan_5 <- D 2.1.11

That is an old version of GnuPG.

> Thread-13  gpg: DBG: chan_5 -> OPTION pinentry-mode=loopback
> Thread-13  gpg: DBG: chan_5 <- ERR 67108924 Not supported <GPG Agent>
> Thread-13  gpg: setting pinentry mode 'loopback' failed: Not supported

For that old version you need to put

  allow-loopback-pinentry

into gpg-agent.conf.  However, I  would strongly suggest to switch to
2.1.15.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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