Newbie can't get --passphrase option to work

[Peter Lebbing]

On 16/05/17 13:31, Dan Kegel wrote:
> That wasn't my experience.  I used keys with no passphrase,
> and *still* had to use loopback (and jump through other hoops) to get
> gpg to work unattended.

I was talking about the things one usually does on a headless server,
which is decryption and data signatures. I'm unaware of this having any
issues, and I don't see you mention them in your referenced posts either.

I haven't ever heard unattended certifications being discussed, I don't
know if it is straightforward.

With regards to key management, this is often something a logged in
human user does and can hence do without having to wrestle unattended
stuff. I understand this doesn't always apply, but the OP here was
talking about decryption, not key management. That should be
straightforward.

When I say, by the way, that having no passphrase is better than using a
passphrase which is literally contained in a script, I'm saying that it
is usually better, not that it is always appropriate. It might be
appropriate to solve it in a different way, but a passphrase literally
in a script is probably not it.

HTH,

Peter.

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