| Eric at Lucii.org on 11 Aug 2013 08:20:16 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] gpg-agent & thunderbird |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/11/2013 02:35 AM, PaulNM wrote: > On 08/10/2013 01:03 PM, Eric at Lucii.org wrote: >> I am in the process of creating a new gpg key for myself. > >> When I go to Thuderbird/Enigmail and select OpenPGP -> Clear Saved Passphrase it complains: You are using gpg-agent for passphrase handling. Clearing the passphrase is therefore not possible from within Enigmail. > >> That's odd since typing gpg-agent at the command line gives me a different complaint: The program 'gpg-agent' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install gnupg-agent > >> Could there be some other program performing this function? Maybe Enigmail is just plain wrong? > >> Running LinuxMint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04). gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.12 > > > Hi Eric, > > Check OpenPGP -> Preferences -> Advanced Tab, and de-select "Use gpg-agent for passphrases". If "Basic" is the only tab showing, hit "Display Expert Settings" to bring up the other tabs. > > You might as well check out the other settings while you're at it, I don't really consider them expert settings. (At least not ALL of them.) > > An aside: I was just messing around with this last night, and noticed that PGP/GPG doesn't seem as popular as it used to be on the list. Only a couple of people seem to be signing list mail these days. I'm just starting to seriously use them myself. > > > -PaulNM Thanks Paul. I should have mentioned that I already made sure that option was unchecked. That, and the fact that gpg-agent isn't even installed is what's weird about the problem. Eric - -- # Eric Lucas # # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSB6ueAAoJEIcIEE+Z9zOgIBYP/3kU7XoTxDUb0D1cJ9vefhB0 Om9/IbPCj4AcE2U+D0VCjZvcy/tWqUfbB2NUdMpxoX9F+sR4BDirhf03JVZlPKyn YfzYVph9nmWuFbSjE+w1np3+JYjekmPBEnP2vlVvC2M7JLmif+VMtqNXwysrYHCk k22x4zXkqxZVhU6gG0a+BpMWNMl2QRBAI6x62k+zuV9fa7sTvLImxQA+6Sx7ZkjX QphUVW9sA4AMPfEpp574BiAS9Zf94IzwaknWPSp3JQnoKfAyhEyIAg2RmN+oXEAL RDMZmrBdgoWuX0YRBohDlCcPfAX2m00MSh7tqpowP/HGC9/971KU5s6Wt4xMTbqm 9e/fvLZigGWKg1RO1CJpECTfBhedpxFc/FojhZNTJ0FT3kWxvkerjTccqPbHnaSU wRg+e+Mb5uad38/D9WK9eRhWlzE9xB4wG9g+KLbOBzQh5LmBwuslFgLyd/TLqjoC AvsExjMorjGnKxaTphUStTjM46R+pXNz6XrA1tjRKRK/eZT06wwsyXuCAg0QNssk B1o8HTFQTuqCkQVYkFLaq7s58/n8mK6GxXGO/l5zyovNWFQvxtnAmGnrHFxgjkqz +6u4Dvzibz62C++F3ujsMi7FxXIHtwLCOmHouAxkP1PU+zPX144csb273XmvvKj0 Vct9rJA9W0kfxVc56Cfo =b2J3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug