[Duplicity-talk] Re: gpg "no public key", but only when run from cron

[Steve Madsen]

On Dec 1, 2008, Jon wrote:
> I had the same issue and while I am sure there is a better way, I  
> solved
> it by beginning my scripts with
>
> # Export the PASSPHRASE variable because cron can't read it
> # for some reason
> export PASSPHRASE=MYPASSPHRASE


I don't think this is the problem.  I've had the PASSPHRASE in the  
script since the beginning and it never prompts me for it during an  
interactive run.  I don't use GPG for anything else and am not running  
an agent, so it has to get the passphrase either from the tty or the  
environment.

Do most people generate their keys as root or as a regular user?  I  
generated mine as a regular user, then imported both the public and  
private keys into root's keychain.  Another problem, since resolved,  
was making the key trusted so GPG would use it.

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Steve Madsen <address@hidden>
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