pass phrase in command line?

[Werner Koch]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Foltynski, Jarek D wrote:

> I could do this with option --passphrase-fd 0, and write to stdin. It works.
> But is there any option that allow the same from command line?

No.  The reason is pretty simple:  On most OSes every user is able to 
see the commandlines another user used. 

> BTW: I did not find options: --always-trust nor --allow-non-selfsigned-uid
> on any man page (http://www.gnupg.org/gpgman.html nor man file attached with

The man page is pretty old.  I'll see whether I can update that
online version.

> install package). Perhaps there is more detailed man somewhere else.

Just checked, the current manpage describes both options and it
should descrive each option.  BTW, gpg --dump-options gives you a
list of all long options GnuPG understands.

> Also I think the archive of questions and answers (not only FAQ) could be
> placed somewhere on Web.

http://lists.gnupg.org

Ciao,

  Werner
  

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