v2.3 of gnupg for automation?

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:21, Robert J. Hansen said:

> That's true, and is correct.  If you're passing a passphrase via the
> command line, that passphrase becomes visible to anyone with the
> privileges to get a list of processes and arguments.  At that point the
> passphrase really isn't providing much in the way of security.

I fully agree.

If, for whatever reasons, a passphrase is required the suggested
workaround is to add

  --pinentry-mode=loopback

to the gpg invocation.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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