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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'>Unable to Preset Passphrase in GPG Agent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>My use case is to run an application that will download an encrypted file from a sftp server onto a local server and decrypt it using gpg2 command line. I would like to preset the password so that that the process won’t require user interaction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>I have installed GPG4Win version 2.2.3 on my computer. I generated a new key set using<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>Kleopatra application and also imported a secure and public key from a certificate. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>I started the gpg agent by running the following command-line<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\gpg-agent.exe" --allow-preset-passphrase --daemon --batch --log-file C:\Logs\gpgagent.txt --v --debug-level guru<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>I attempt to preset the password of one of my secure keys by running the following command line.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\gpg-preset-passphrase" -c -P "PASSWORD" " B3A51B1F92D74E4D7C23F735E417D22E4C451118" <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>When I run the above command, I see the following message in the gpg-agent in my log file<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>2015-04-03 14:25:37 gpg-agent[10728] handler 0x11ec for fd 256 started<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>gpg-agent[10728]: chan_00000100 -> OK Pleased to meet you<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>gpg-agent[10728]: chan_00000100 <- PRESET_PASSPHRASE B3A51B1F92D74E4D7C23F735E417D22E4C451118 -1 54686F6D6173574F473230303521<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>2015-04-03 14:25:37 gpg-agent[10728] DBG: agent_put_cache `B3A51B1F92D74E4D7C23F735E417D22E4C451118' requested ttl=-1 mode=1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>gpg-agent[10728]: chan_00000100 -> OK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>gpg-agent[10728]: chan_00000100 <- [error: Input/output error]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>2015-04-03 14:25:37 gpg-agent[10728] Assuan processing failed: Input/output error<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>2015-04-03 14:25:37 gpg-agent[10728] handler 0x11ec for fd 256 terminated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>If I connect to the gpg-agent using gpg-connect_agent and run the Keyinfo – list command I get the following response<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>> keyinfo --list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>S KEYINFO B3A51B1F92D74E4D7C23F735E417D22E4C451118 D - - - - - - -<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>OK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>How come the gpg-preset-passphrase call is failing? Am I missing a step?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Coscia | IT Software Developer | Phone: 617-673-8726 | Cell: 617-359-8898<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p><br>
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