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Re: [Duplicity-talk] why is GPG passphrase requested twice?


From: Benjamin Geer
Subject: Re: [Duplicity-talk] why is GPG passphrase requested twice?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:52:48 +0100

2008/7/19 Dan Muresan <address@hidden>:
> The passphrase is only confirmed when a new archive is created. How
> exactly do you want to detect errors if the user enters a **new**
> passphrase just once?

The passphrase isn't new; it's the passphrase for my existing GPG key.
 So GPG already knows it; if I enter it incorrectly, GPG will return
an error message.  What more do you need to detect errors?

Or is duplicity generating a new GPG key for every archive?  That
would be bizarre.

Ben




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