Automation Help

[Malte Starostik]

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Am Thursday 27 September 2001 23:31 schrieben Sie:
> I've looked through the archive, but to no avail.
>
> I have this script in a file on Solaris:
>
> /home/rruss/gpg-test/bin/gpg -e -r "FIRSCo EDT" --no-secmem-warning
> --homedir /home/jfair/.gnupg --no-tty --batch --always-trust
> --passphrase-fd "My Pass Phrase" --force-v3-sigs --compress-algo 1
> --comment ""
> /tmp/PGPManualTest.txt
>
> but the script won't run until I hit enter.  I'm trying to automate it, but
> I'm having trouble.
> Are these two problems related?
You cannot pass the passphrase on the command line for security reasons, so 
- --passphrase-fd "My Pass Phrase" won't work as --passphrase-fd expects a file 
descriptor, not the pass phrase. So either you pass a known fd or just 0 to 
enter the passphrase on STDIN.
- -- 
Malte Starostik
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