On 12/02/2011 04:41 AM, Andreas Petzold wrote:
> 	Hi,
>
> On Friday, December 02, 2011 03:52:42 Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I can  run the following from the command prompt without problem:
>>
>> /usr/bin/gpg -z 0 --output /mnt/ShinyStick \
>>                 /2011-11-29_OurStuffDump.gz.gpg \
>>                 -c /lin-bak/2011-11-29_OurStuffDump.gz
>>
>> But, when I run it from a batch script.  I do not get the graphical
>> pop up asking for my passphrase.  Instead I get:
>>
>> (pinentry-gtk-2:25253): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>> gpg-agent[25252]: can't connect server: ec=4.16383
>> gpg-agent[25252]: can't connect to the PIN entry module: End of file
>> gpg-agent[25252]: command get_passphrase failed: No pinentry
>> gpg: problem with the agent: No pinentry
>> gpg: error creating passphrase: Operation cancelled
>> gpg: symmetric encryption of `/lin-bak/2011-11-29_OurStuffDump.gz'
>> failed: Operation cancelled
>>
>>
>> I have tried DISPLAY three ways:
>>      export DISPLAY=:0.0
>>      export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
>>      and no export
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>
> sounds similar but not quite identical to
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548528
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=622539
>
> Can you try the suggested workaround, i.e. add "keep-display" to gpg-agent.conf?
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 		Andreas
>

I have no gpg-agent.conf.  Tried putting it in gpg.conf, and gpg
coughed on it.

What I really need is some way to force gpg to prompt for
the passphrase from the command line.