gpg-agent/pinentry: How to verify calling application

[Hartmut Knaack]

Shawn K. Quinn schrieb am 16.07.2017 um 09:48:
> 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.
> 

Thanks for the hint. Unfortunately, it happens just very occasionally,
and I haven't figured out yet, what the reason may be. I have been logging
on at least ten times, and even fully rebooted five times today, without
getting such a request.
I have now installed the git version of pinentry and will just wait for
this issue to happen next.
Thanks,

Hartmut

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