Symmetric & Encrypt in One

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Saturday 27 September 2014 at 2:18:34 PM, in
<mid:CAHDYqcog+fabTOhjks6w=vNctY7bRgROEh0YZ5EK9QnKk4GRyA at mail.gmail.com>,
Sam M wrote:


> Hello.

> I'd like to encrypt a file with a password as well as
> multiple public keys. Is this possible?

Yes.


> Will this
> command below work?

> echo "$PW" | gpg2 --batch --passphrase-fd 0 --symmetric
> --encrypt --recipient 432E170D279095 --recipient
> 07EAE49ADBCBE671 --always-trust --output file.gpg file

It didn't when I tried (substituting gpg for gpg2, using keys that are
on my keyring, trying various echo strings). At least, I could not
decrypt it using a passphrase of "$PW" or $PW or PW or "PW".

If I just try:-

echo "$PW" | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --symmetric  --output file.gpg file

it symmetrically encrypts but I cannot find a passphrase that works
for decryption.

The following works for me, using GnuPD 1.4.18 on Windows XP:-

gpg --symmetric --passphrase string --encrypt --recipient 0xkeyID --output file.gpg file







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