From 6fb5713f4a6976900cc70c140e61043b6ef688d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Heinecke Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 19:09:28 +0100 Subject: 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 --- doc/gpg.texi | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/gpg.texi') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3