gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied

Ron Arts raarts@netland.nl
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:20:47 +0000


Randy Harmon wrote:

>
> I'm trying GnuPG, and I'm having some problems. This is on a Debian
> Linux 2.0.37 box. It verifies signatures OK, but spits out the
> message "cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied".
>
> It will not encrypt, producing the same error message:
>
> echo hi | gpg -e -r my-email-address
>
> I do not see any answer - or question - for this in the archives,
> after searching thoroughly.
>
> Any thoughts welcomed.
>
> Randy
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