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

[Carl L. Gilbert]

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On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 11:06, Mike Hsu wrote:
> I am running RedHat Linux AS 2.1.
> I duplicate the process as root and it worked.
> (logged in as root, create the keyrings and keys without passphrase, expo=
rt, import, ...)
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> I am sure it's not the "rm", I tried it with or without "-f".
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> Mike Hsu (mhsu@nglm.com)
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yes, but you should be using rm -f anyway.  In what way does the process
fail if you try it as a normal user?





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl L. Gilbert [mailto:lamont_gilbert@rigidsoftware.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:58 AM
> To: Mike Hsu
> Cc: GnuPG Users Group
> Subject: RE: gpg script in cron failed with "stdin must be a tty"
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> On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 10:30, Mike Hsu wrote:
> > Finally got it to work with root.
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> > Still having problem with other user.
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> what do you mean with root? is the root a user that holds gpg keys on
> yoru system?
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> > crontab:
> >  DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
> > # (/tmp/crontab.12587 installed on Fri Aug  8 07:14:39 2003)
> > # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp =
$)
> > 15 07 * * * su - oracle -c testdec.sh
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> What flavor of linux are you using?  Why did you edit crontab as opposed
> to just putting the script in
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> /etc/cron.hourly
> or=20
> /etc/cron.daily
> etc.?
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> >=20
> > testdec.sh:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > export GNUPGHOME=3D/home/oracle/.gnupg
> > rm /usr/dba/junk.out
> > gpg --output /usr/dba/junk.out --batch --no-tty --decrypt /usr/dba/junk=
x.gpg
> > date > t.log
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> >=20
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> perhaps try=20
> rm -f /usr/dba/junk.out
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> else rm could ask you to verify that you want to delete the file.  for
> me it only asks when I am logged in as root, but I do not know what cron
> will do.
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> also if you have sendmail installed, you may want to check roots mail to
> see any cron error messages.
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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
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