On 01/16/2018 11:47 PM, Alexander Ben Nasrallah wrote: > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:51:40PM -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> When I try to decrypt a file I get: >> >> gpg2 text.asc >> ... >> gpg: public key decryption failed: No pinentry >> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key >> >> app-crypt/pinentry-1.0.0-r2 is installed > > Sometime you have to set one of the following. > > # PIN entry program > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-curses # no X > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-kwallet > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2 > > to whatever suits you in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf. > > Hope that helps.
In my ".gnupg/gpg-agent.conf" I have: ###+++--- GPGConf ---+++### default-cache-ttl 600 max-cache-ttl 6000 Adding eg. "pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-qt" to the above configuration file doesn't help. When I run: pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry -bash: pinentry-program: command not found -- Joseph
