Crontab running gpg script can’t find secret key

[griffmcc]

Although I can encrypt a file using a script, when crontab runs the same
script, it returns the error message “no default secret key: No secret key”.

I have one secret key:


sananselmo backupscripts.d # gpg --list-secret-keys
/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg
------------------------
sec   2048R/AC1E8E28 2011-01-11
uid                  Griff McClellan (Broadmark Asset Management) 
ssb   2048R/81E9591C 2011-01-11


Here is my script:


gpg -vvv --batch --output /usr/share/tararchive/file.gpg --encrypt –sign
/usr/share/tararchive/file.tar.bz2


When I run it I am prompted for a password, even though I have the batch
flag.  However the file.gpg encrypted file is created.

When I run the same script as root using crontab, I get:


gpg: no default secret key: No secret key


Does anyone have any suggestions about how to fix this problem?  I tried
setting the default-flag in gpg.conf but that didn’t change the outcome.


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