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| author | Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de> | 2018-01-08 19:09:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de> | 2018-01-09 08:48:54 +0100 |
| commit | 6fb5713f4a6976900cc70c140e61043b6ef688d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 56edd36f71fe674020a85cdff92835924a96c48f /doc/gpg.texi | |
| parent | gpg: Print all keys with --decrypt --list-only. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg2-6fb5713f4a6976900cc70c140e61043b6ef688d1.tar.xz gnupg2-6fb5713f4a6976900cc70c140e61043b6ef688d1.zip | |
doc: Note pinentry-mode for passphrase opts
* doc/gpg.texi (--passphrase, --passphrase-file, --passphrase-fd):
Note that pinentry-mode needs to be loopback.
Signed-off-by: Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg.texi')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 35bb9a810..9776a3b05 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -3082,8 +3082,9 @@ will be read from file descriptor @var{n}. If you use 0 for @var{n}, the passphrase will be read from STDIN. This can only be used if only one passphrase is supplied. -Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch} -has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x. +Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the +option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1 +the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}. @item --passphrase-file @var{file} @opindex passphrase-file @@ -3092,8 +3093,10 @@ be read from file @var{file}. This can only be used if only one passphrase is supplied. Obviously, a passphrase stored in a file is of questionable security if other users can read this file. Don't use this option if you can avoid it. -Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch} -has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x. + +Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the +option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1 +the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}. @item --passphrase @var{string} @opindex passphrase @@ -3101,8 +3104,10 @@ Use @var{string} as the passphrase. This can only be used if only one passphrase is supplied. Obviously, this is of very questionable security on a multi-user system. Don't use this option if you can avoid it. -Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch} -has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x. + +Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the +option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1 +the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}. @item --pinentry-mode @var{mode} @opindex pinentry-mode |