gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Permission denied

[Ron Arts]

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

use --batch

Ron