gpg script in cron failed with "stdin must be a tty"

[Carl L. Gilbert]

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On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 14:16, Mike Hsu wrote:
> Thanks.
> Tried </dv/null.
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> Still not working in cron.
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so much of gpg is user specific, I do not see how it can work in cron
securely.

again, I suppose this is what 'at' is for.

> Mike Hsu (mhsu@nglm.com)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: darren chamberlain [mailto:dlc@users.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:31 AM
> To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org
> Subject: Re: gpg script in cron failed with "stdin must be a tty"
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> * Mike Hsu <mhsu at nglm.com> [2003-08-07 13:26]:
> > 	A simple gpg script with no passphrase needed:
> > 	gpg --output junk.txt --decrypt junk2.gpg
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> > 	runs OK in bash but fails in cron job.
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> > 	I get the following message in mail:
> > 	stdin must be a tty
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> > 	How can I fix this?
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> Have you tried adding < /dev/null to the command line?
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> (darren)
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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
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