gpg-agent/pinentry: How to verify calling application

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 07/15/2017 09:02 AM, Hartmut Knaack wrote:
> Hi,
> on my machine running Linux and a recent KDE/Plasma, pinentry-qt
> occasionally starts right after logging in and asks for my passphrase.
> Is there any way to track down, which process asks gpg-agent for my private
> key? Preferably, I would like pinentry to inform, which process actually is
> the source of the key request.
> Thanks

This is a bit of a "duct tape"  but you could try:

# chmod 000 `which pinentry-qt`

then reboot and see what program throws an error (besides GnuPG).

Don't forget to change it back when done testing.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>
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