Public bug reported: Description: Generating a gpg key unattended fails on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
Standard User > gpg --generate-key --batch < temp.batch gpg: Generating a standard key gpg: can't create '(null)': Permission denied gpg: done Root Superuser #> gpg --generate-key --batch < temp.batch gpg: Generating a standard key gpg: agent_genkey failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device gpg: key generation failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device gpg: done Steps to replicate: > ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf cert-digest-algo SHA256 digest-algo SHA256 # Generates batch instructions cat > temp.batch << EOF %echo Generating a standard key Key-Type: RSA Key-Length: 4096 Subkey-Length: 4096 Name-Real: temp Name-Email: t...@contoso.com Expire-Date: 0 %pubring temp.pub %secring temp.key # commit needed to echo %commit %echo done #> gpg --version gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.4 libgcrypt 1.8.1 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Home: /root/.gnupg Supported algorithms: Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH, CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256 Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224 Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 ** Affects: gnupg2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1846153 Title: gpg generate-key fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1846153/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
