Migrating from PGP to GPG question

[David Shaw]

On Mar 5, 2010, at 7:39 AM, John W. Moore III wrote:

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> Laurent Jumet wrote:
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>> Hello Smith, !
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>> "Smith, Cathy" <cathy.smith at pnl.gov> wrote:
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>>> I've tried using the --yes option without success to suppress this
>>> interactive prompt doesn't pop up.  This encryption does need to run in a
>>> batch job.  What do I need to do in order all interactive prompts are
>>> surpressed, and that the assumption is they are answered "yes".
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>>    Try using:
>> --batch
>> --yes
>> --no-tty
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> Why not try adding to gpg.conf
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> trust-model always
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> This will suppress the prompt/warning as well.

This would be my advice as well.  The web of trust is generally a useful thing, but in environments where the keys are only provided by the batch owner, it does not add much that is useful to the equation.

David