Using GnuPG when switching users

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Montag 29 Januar 2018 03:44:56 schrieb Dan Horne:
> I'm trying to generate keys  from a user I have su'd to, but I get the
> following error:
>
> gpg-agent[23024]: command get_passphrase failed: Permission denied

Maybe you can work around the problem in a different way.
Ideas:
* Login as the user, e.g. try ssh.
* Use no passphrase
* Use a pinentry that uses X11
* temporarility change ownership of the tty

(As you can see, I'm a bit guessing widely, but maybe there is a hint in there 
for you.)

Bernhard


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