Problem running automated gpg

[Hardeep Singh]

Tried to figure this one out, but no direct clue. My suggestions:
create a shell script and call the shell script from perl, rather than
directly calling gpg with all the parameters. Second, try to print the
current user from within perl similarly as printing ~. These two might
give you some clue.

Hardeep Singh
http://blog.Hardeep.name



2008/10/22 Adam Robins <arobins at pharmacentra.com>:
> Hello,
>
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> I have a perl script called encrypt.pl that runs gpg as follows:
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> system("gpg -r 'username' --batch --encrypt-files 'filename.ext'
> 2>gpgerr.log");
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> When I run this from the console as root it works fine.  However, if I run
> it from cron as root:
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> */1 * * * * root  /home/user/scripts/encrypt.pl 2> gpgerr.log
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> I get the following error:
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> gpg: failed to create temporary file
> `~/.gnupg/.#lk0x9693868.server.domain.com.28416': No such file or directory
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> gpg: fatal: ~/.gnupg: can't create directory: No such file or directory
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> secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/32768
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> The directory "/root/.gnupg" is there.  Permissions are drwx------ root
> root.  I also tried chmod 777.
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> If I put a command in the perl script:
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> System('echo ~');
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> I get "/root" as a result.  This leads me to believe that gpg is trying to
> place the temp file in a directory other than "/root/.gnupg" when run from
> cron.
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> Any ideas are appreciated.
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> Thanks,
>
> Adam
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