gpg-agent employs a periodic self-test to detect a stolen socket. … (Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:21:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link). gnupg2 requires gpg-agent to work, gnupg2 Portfile has --disable-agent (so no gpg-agent is built) and has no dependency on port:gpg-agent. You should also add no-tty and use-agent to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf if these values are missing there. In this case gpg-agent is both, client and server, and due to our userland multi-threading we get blocked. GNU PG 1.4.9 (The one than comes > with debian) do not give me that message but i need the new version of > GNU PG. Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply): Send a report that this bug log contains spam. ); giving up. If you have programs.gnupg.agent = true; in your configuration.nix file, removing it should solve your problem. In previous versions, I experienced this problem when my zsh init scripts started gpg-agent. However, I'd like to enable SSH agent support in gpg-agent Yes, we do this on Windows because we have a well known socket name there. In the following example, the GPG key ID is 3AA5C34371567BD2: $ gpg --edit-key 3AA5C34371567BD2; Enter gpg> adduid to add the user ID details. (If you use nixpkgs on another linux distribution, systemctl disable gpg-agent.socket should do the trick). --disable-check-own-socket gpg-agent employs a periodic self-test to detect a stolen socket. to Dariusz Dwornikowski : Bug#804151; Package gnupg-agent. But, I suggest instead to use gpg-agent and disable the gnome-keyring. But recently I was getting this error: Error: Problem adding (is pinentry installed? Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, I ran into the same problem with pass on the command line (not Qtpass) on Linux -- gpg would decrypt my passwords but the pass command would not. How to Use This option may be used to disable this self-test for debugging purposes. It is automatically included with the agent upon installation. The built-in Gnome-keyring doesn’t support Ed25519. from https://bugs.debian.org/debbugs-source/. gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use. Copy link Contributor Author ysndr commented Apr 24, 2018. -eric Maintainer for gnupg-agent is Debian GnuPG Maintainers ; Source for gnupg-agent is src:gnupg2 (PTS, buildd, popcon). --use-standard-socket I'm not sure which fix is better - have gnupg2 build gpg-agent, or add a dependency on port:gpg-agent (so no patchfile built). You can write the content of this environment variable to a file so that you can test for a running agent. --disable-check-own-socket. The problem with Seahorse is that it doesn’t work with OpenPGP cards and a secondary problem is that you need to disable a number of other ssh key services. The usual way to run the agent is from the ~/.xsessionfile: If you don't use an X server, you can also put this into your regular startup file ~/.profile or .bash_profile. The suspend/resume things makes the deadlock more likely. This usually means a second instance of gpg-agent has taken over the socket and gpg-agent will then terminate itself. Because gpg-agent prints out important information required for further use, a common way of invoking gpg-agent is: eval $(gpg-agent --daemon) to setup the environment variables. To work-around this, you could use the normal ssh-agent. If you use a yubikey (or similar) to store GPG keys and indirectly SSH keys, you’re likely familiar with the pcsc-lite package. Maybe it is something wrong with my syntax. Is it the following? In my case I was running: gpg --output - --export-secret-key XXXXXXXX | cat pubkey.gpg | gpg --armor Enter gpg --edit-key GPG key ID, substituting in the GPG key ID you'd like to use. Details. * (currently 1.4.10) does not need pinentry. command in place and not without. Actually (just testing) I found that this problem happened with the 'cat' command in place and not without. Then, you have to restart the agent for this to take effect: open a command prompt and run gpg-connect-agent killagent /bye to stop the agent, then gpg-connect-agent /bye should start it again. Maybe I have do disable its ssh component too, will try tomorrow. Actually (just testing) I found that this problem happened with the 'cat' The option --write-env-file is another way commonly used to do this. Good catch. Old versions of GnuPG uses the gpg-agent, which caches the passphrase for a given time. Update. Running the tool should be the first step in diagnosing an issue. Report forwarded Version 1.4.11-3ubuntu1 . --disable-check-own-socket gpg-agent employs a periodic self-test to detect a stolen socket. The current version can be obtained Package: The only way to go forward in the long term is to use the original gpg-agent. This option may be used to disable this self-test for debugging purposes. (Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:21:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link). cat(1) is not expecting any input thus you see the broke pipe from the first gpg(1). I've found that a part of the problem is that gpg-agent starts on its own without --enable-ssh-support, which seems to be a part of the problem.I don't see it in Startup Applications inside of the System Control Panel, but it starts on its own as my login user. This option may be used to disable this self-test for debugging purposes. Do not start the gpg-agent or the dirmngr if it has not yet been started and its service is required. Debbugs is free software and licensed under the terms of the GNU Reported by: Dariusz Dwornikowski , View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox. Mario Castelán Castro wrote the following on 11/16/09 11:08 AM: > November 16th 2009 for [hidden email], subject "Problem with > the agent, gpg2" > > I do not have that pinentry program. > Can you confirm what the exact command is for globally disabling the gpg-agent > user service? Yeah, that looks correct. --no-autostart. Hello, This is a detailed story about the try to build gpg-agent under cygwin I whish to use gpg-agent under cygwin, that is contained in the gnupg-1.9 tree only. Using Keys to Store Secrets gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use. This may have unintended consequences. Subject: gnupg-agent does not work with pinentry-gtk2 "problem with the agent - disabling agent use" Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:19:58 +0100 Package: gnupg-agent Version: 2.0.28-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? On a newer machine with gnome-keyring it keeps hijacking gpg-agent even with its gpg component disabled! What’s missing is a tutorial on how to make it all work together, how to use your GPG Agent for SSH in Gnome. 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, (1) correctly determines if gpg-agent is running, but it doesn't test the same way gpg its self does, so it may succeed when gpg subsequently fails to connect to the agent. to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Debian GnuPG Maintainers : On Ubuntu 16.04 there is one problem though. This post is rather complex because Seahorse the gnome-keyring manager “supports” ssh and gpg agent type functionality and takes over ssh-agent and gpg-agent. I've already tried disabling the gpg-agent cache, setting it to 0 seconds, and restarting it multiple times to invalidate it. This is great! For instance, if you use network manager, then it will silently fail to connect to password protected networks. $ gpg> adduid; Follow the prompts to supply your real name, email address, and any comments. The bug exhibits itself when gpg-agent checks its own socket. (TODO link or describe better solution, link/create reports for ubuntu and gnome) For some Details see this gnupg-users post. Note that we have the same problem … In GnuPG 2.0.x gpg-agent would only do passphrase handling (which theoretically could be done with another tool). New Bug report received and forwarded. Maybe it is something wrong with my syntax. 1994-97 Ian Jackson, In How to set up your YubiKey NEO I already mentioned that you can also use your YubiKey as SSH key. gnupg-agent; I'm reporting it anyway in case its a gnupg bug. For newer versions (v2.1+), disable password caching for the agent by creating ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf and adding the following lines: On an older machine with mate-keyring I could simply disable its gpg component via Mate's desktop settings autostart GUI and it works fine with gpg-agent. This usually means a second instance of gpg-agent has taken over the socket and gpg-agent will then terminate itself. Entirely disable the use of the Dirmngr. This manual refers to combining a YubiKey (as GPG smart … Since upgrading to Fedora 33, gpg --card-status began not finding the device. GnuPG 1. If you install GPG via homebrew or other ways, you should make sure that you have set up the gpg-agent and pinentry-program helpers correctly. Turns out pass was calling gpg2 and gpg2 stores keys differently than gpg. Debian GnuPG Maintainers , Dariusz Dwornikowski . On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:03, [hidden email] said: > I've installed GPG4Win and it recognizes my OpenPGP smartcards without > problem (via a gpg-agent process which appears to be auto-started > somehow?). If you use emacs --daemon with a mix of GUI and console terminal, GPG_TTY was probably inherited from emacs --daemon’s shell and will be totally irrelevant and wrong; on the other hand, if you open even one GUI emacsclient frame at any time, gpg-agent/pinentry will attempt to use … Unfortunately, neither of these resolve the issue. 2005-2017 Don Armstrong, and many other contributors. This option is mostly useful on machines where the connection to gpg-agent has been redirected to another machines. when you have to type in a keycode or password before proceeding so piping to a Solution: Disable gnome-keyring, some hints on how to disable it are within the notes on how to use gpg-agent with ssh (you need only the disable part, not the ssh part) or here. Silverblue added the pcsc-lite as a default package in Fedora 33. This usually means a second instance of gpg-agent has taken over the socket and gpg-agent will then terminate itself. There are probably many ways of doing this (as it’s likely to depend on your distro and window manager) but the easiest thing to do is disable the agent info in Emacs only: (setenv "GPG_AGENT_INFO" nil) This will force Emacs to use its own internal password prompt instead of an external pin entry program. gpg pipe to stdout breaks when there is a delay in piping output such as occurs But in GnuPG 2.1, gpg-agent also does key management and crypto operations, and is therefore not replaceable in any way. --disable-dirmngr. The easiest way to avoid this problem is to uninstall Gnome Keyring. command that has a sudo breaks it. The Log Analytics Agent Linux Troubleshooting Tool is a script designed to help find and diagnose issues with the Log Analytics Agent. Public License version 2. Use the option --no-use-agent or add a line no-use-agent to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf to prevent using the agent. Copy sent to Debian GnuPG Maintainers . Prerequisites. Is there a reason the gnupg2 port does not build gpg-agent itself? If you are using a Debian based distribution (including Ubuntu & Mint), you can disable the gpg agent part of Gnome Keyring on a system-wide basis using the following command: If you later decide to reenable it, then you can use: It is also possible to use a similar trick on a per-user basis. It is best not to run multipleinstance of the gpg-agent, so you should make sure that only one is running: gpg-agentuses an environment variable to inform clients about thecommunication parameters. In GPG Agent Forwarding I show how to forward your GPG agent to remote machines for decryption/signing. Acknowledgement sent gpg: iobuf_flush failed on close: file write error I'm reporting it anyway in case its a gnupg bug. --daemon [command line]Start the gpg-agent as a daemon; that is, detach it from the console and run it in the background. --use-standard-socket Using an ssh agent allows you to type in a password once, and then the agent remembers the ssh keys. > > systemctl --global --user mask --now gpg-agent.service gpg-agent.socket gpg-agent-ssh.socket gpg-agent-extra.socket gpg-agent-browser.socket Actually I guess that’s wrong and it should instead be the following, right? Here is an example usingBourne shell syntax: … --output keys.asc --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256, gpg: [stdout]: write error: Broken pipe I use keychain to setup my ssh-agent and gpg-agent sessions so that it remembers my passphrases and I don't have to retype them every time I use them. 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