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On 12/05/2015 02:40 AM, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> On 05.12.15 03:24, Leo Francisco wrote:
>> Hey all,
>
>> Thunderbird/Enigmail seems to have forgotten the passwords to my
>> PGP keys after an update. Seems simple to fix right? However, I
>> can't copy and paste them from from GNOME Passwords and Keys
>> into the password dialogue box as it won't allow me (not via
>> ctrl+v or right click).
>
>> They're 50 character randomly generated passphrases, so before I
>> spend ages typing them out manually, does anyone have any
>> suggestions?
>
>> When I try "Clear Saved Passphrase" I get the error message:
>> /"You are using gpg-agent for passphrase handling. Clearing the
>> passphrase is therefore not possible from within Enigmail."
>
>> /So obviously it's something to do with the interaction between
>> GNOME and Enigmail. Anyone have any pointers to save me much
>> annoyance if this happens again. If I could only copy and paste!
>
>>
>
> Enigmail does not store your password at all. The password
> handling is done by GnuPG (gpg-agent and pinentry). Unfortunately
> pinentry currently does not allow copy & paste of passwords. That's
> a decision by the GnuPG developers, not Enigmail.
>
> There is not much we from Enigmail can do to help you :-(
>
> -Patrick
>
>
I also like long random passphrases and I found the app keepass useful
in storing my gnupg passphrase. This app has what they call auto type
which will paste your passphrase into the pinentry. One thing I
noticed upon setting up your gpg passphrase is that you need remove
the everything in the Auto-Type tab except {PASSWORD}
All of my other passphrases/passwords are kept in a symetric encrypted
file called .passwd.gpg. I even have the keepass master passphrase in
this file so I do not have to remember it.
I hope that this helps you and others :-)
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Open PGP Key: C34B77CC
gpg fingerprint: 8AD5 35EF 1FDF F1A7 E483 8CCE A50D 4E81 C34B 77CC
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For info on gpg: http://www.gnupg.org/
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