gnupg-agent not working...

[Zach Himsel]

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On 6/6/2006 9:30 PM, Alphax wrote:
> Zach Himsel wrote:
>>> On 6/6/2006 2:20 AM, Laurent Jumet wrote:
>>> === Begin Windows Clipboard ===
> [fixed indenting]
>>> --passphrase-fd n
>>>     Read the passphrase from file descriptor n.  If you use 0 for
>>>     n, the passphrase will be read from stdin.  This can only  be
>>>     used if only one passphrase is supplied.
>>>
>>> --passphrase-file file
>>>     Read the passphrase from file file.  This can only be used if
>>>     only one passphrase is  supplied.   Obviously,  a  passphrase
>>>     stored  in  a file is of questionable security if other users
>>>     can read this file.  Don't use this option if you  can  avoid
>>>     it.
>>>
>>> --passphrase string
>>>     Use  string as the passphrase.  This can only be used if only
>>>     one passphrase is supplied.  Obviously, this is of very ques-
>>>     tionable  security  on  a  multi-user system.  Don't use this
>>>     option if you can avoid it.
>>> === End Windows Clipboard ===
>> How does the --passphrase-fd option work? How do I use that to
>> store/autoenter my password?
>>
> 
> A file descriptor is something like a stream or pipe. Applications which
> communicate with gpg use --passphrase-fd to give gpg the passphrase. If
> you use --passphrase-fd 0, it will read it from standard in. Apart from
> that... <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_descriptor> explains it in
> more detail.
> 
> You could of course use --passphrase-file <file>, provided the file is
> only readable by yourself, but on a MinGW32 platform this is quite
> unlikely. That leaves --passphrase-string, which is still a security risk.
> 

Ok, cool. Thanks, I think I got the --passphrase to work (with the
string after it)

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