gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Error Message on Linux

[Justus Winter]

Jim Ernst <jernst at invacarecontractor.com> writes:

> Hello -
>
> I am currently testing keys I created using gpg version 2 2.1.15 (libgcrypt 1.7.3) and I am trying to encrypt a file using a shell script in a LINUX environment. I am getting the following error when the command is executed:
>
> gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> Has anyone encountered this issue ?

Yes.  https://bugs.gnupg.org/gnupg/issue2680

Justus
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