help needed desperately: gpg --decrypt hanging

[Dave Della Costa]

Steve, thank you so much--now I understand why I am getting the response
I am getting with gpg.  I will try to figure out what is up with Crypt
now...again, many thanks.

Dave



On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 15:32, Steve Butler wrote:
> Can't help with Perl or Crypt.  However, I can help with:
> 
>   gpg --decrypt
> 
> This wants to have both the passphrase and the encrypted file come in
> through STDIN.  The problem is that it wants to start readying the encrypted
> data (from STDIN) first.  So, it will just sit there.  If you do feed it
> some encrypted, it will start to read the encrypted data (to find out which
> key is needed to decrypt) but then need the passphrase (which you did see
> and entered).  After that, it will need the rest of the encrypted data until
> it hits end-of-file (EOF).  You can simulate an EOF by entering a CNTRL-D at
> the keyboard.  But that is cumbersome.  You can try that just to see if it
> works (using a really small encrypted file).
> 
> But, you should try the below first and see if it works for you.
> 
>   cat try1.pgp | gpg --decrypt
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "First Choice Health Network (FCHN) <helpdesk at fchn.com>"
> 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID 5A2CEA48, created 2001-10-16 (main key ID 1B32D54B)
> 
> Enter passphrase: <<passphrase entered here by hand at prompt>>
> gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID 5A2CEA48, created 2001-10-16
>       "First Choice Health Network (FCHN) <helpdesk at fchn.com>"
> <<decrypted data shows here>>
> 
> 
> If this all works so far, then try sending the encrypted data through a
> named pipe:
> 
> mknod mydata p
> cat try1.pgp > mydata &
> [1] 28405
> gpg --no-batch --decrypt mydata
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "First Choice Health Network (FCHN) <helpdesk at fchn.com>"
> 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID 5A2CEA48, created 2001-10-16 (main key ID 1B32D54B)
> 
> Enter passphrase: <<passphrase entered here by hand at prompt>>
> gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID 5A2CEA48, created 2001-10-16
>       "First Choice Health Network (FCHN) <helpdesk at fchn.com>"t
> <<decrypted data here>>
> 
> This should all work based on the command line.  If it doesn't, then there
> is a problem with your gpg setup/install.  
> 
> If this all works, then we can tackle whatever problem is left (like sending
> the passphrase to FD 0 and the encrypted data via the named pipe with output
> going to either STLIST or a file.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Della Costa [mailto:dave at acadaca.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: Steve Butler
> Cc: gnupg-users at gnupg.org; jason at acadaca.com
> Subject: RE: help needed desperately: gpg --decrypt hanging
> 
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Yes, the Halloween bug is hitting us all here in NYC too. :)
> 
> Well, the first problem is that I'm not able to use gpg from the command
> line, in at least one fashion (see my message to David Shaw on the
> list).  The next issue is that Crypt::GPG (perl module) now appears to
> be broken, because, I'm assuming, it is using the same method to decrypt
> text through gpg.  
> <<snip>>
> 
> 
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