Fw: encrypting and signing a file without a passphrase

[Brian Minton]

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On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:43:24AM -0800, Steve Kwong wrote:
>  Hi all,
> 
>  I am using version 1.2.1.  Can someone help me with the
>  following:
> 
>  I would like to send encrpyt and sign a file without having to
>  enter a passphrase each time.  I could not find a way to pass
>  the passphrase as an argument to GPG.   In the FAQ, there was
>  some mention (article 4.14) about a batch process and removing
>  the passphrase using --edit.  I tried that, but when I
>  entered: gpg --edit foo
> 
>   I had no means of editing foo.

In this case, "foo" is just a generic name for the id of the key
you want to edit.  In other words, if your keyid was 0x12345678,
you would do:
    gpg --edit 0x123345678
However, removing your passphrase is not generally considered a
good idea.  A better idea is to use a program such as
quintuple-agent to store your passphrase temporarily, in a
reasonably secure manner.  It is available here: 
    http://www.vibe.at/tools/secret-agent/
Hope this helps,
Brian
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