[Enigmail] GnuPG-Agent on FreeBSD.

[Janky Jay, III]

Hello, Patrick.

	Thanks for the reply.

Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> Janky Jay, III wrote:
>> Hello, everyone.
> 
>> 	I've been browsing all day and can't seem to figure out exactly what is
>> wrong so maybe someone on this list will be able to help. Sorry if this
>> has already been asked/covered/answered.
> 
>> 	I'm running Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (20071123) with Enigmail 0.95.5
>> (20071124) on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE.
> 
>> 	After the most recent updates of Enigmail, I was no longer able to send
>> signed/encrypted email due to the new feature of Enigmail requiring the
>> gpg-agent be running. This is all fine and good (After I've figured out
>> how to start gpg-agent without having Enigmail start it for me and
>> such...). However, when I attempt to send signed/encrypted emails now
>> that gpg-agent is running, I get the following error(s) in the error dialog:
> 
>> 	Send operation aborted.
> 
>> 	Error - bad passphrase
> 
>> 	gpg command line and output:
>> 	/usr/local/bin/gpg --charset utf8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -t
>> --clearsign -u <key-stuffs> --use-agent
>> 	Warning: using insecure memory!
>> 	gpg: problem with the agent: IPC write error
>> 	gpg: Invalid passphrase; please try again ...
>> 	gpg: problem with the agent: IPC write error
>> 	gpg: skipped "<key-stuffs>": General error
>> 	gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: General error
> 
>> 	The odd part is, sometimes sending works and sometimes it doesn't. It
>> seems that the first mail I attempt to send will eventually make it
>> through the gpg-agent. However, not before I enter my passphrase for
>> whatever address it happens to be coming from.
> 
>> 	I read on the Enigmail configuration/help page about the "I receive an
>> IPC error" and I'm afraid I still don't understand exactly what I must
>> do in order to be able to use gpg-agent with Enigmail. I've also read
>> online about unsetting the GPG_AGENT_INFO variable, but that doesn't
>> seem to do any good either. It still implies that my passphrase is bad
>> and does not prompt for it.
> 
>> 	Again, sorry for any inconvenience if this has already been covered and
>> thanks for any help anyone could possibly provide me.
> 
> 
> you might want to check this link:
> <http://mozilla-enigmail.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249>
> 
	Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, I have already read that and tried
both of the solutions recommended. I am using GnuPG v2 at the moment due
to the FreeBSD port using GnuPG v2 as a dependency. I can, however,
install GnuGP v1 and re-install Enigmail to use v1 instead, I was just
hoping to stick with 2 as I'm sure it will become (if it already hasn't)
the standard.

	So, maybe I should give a bit more information.. It seems that it
connects to the agent fine. Maybe the agent is storing old passphrases
for keys? Or maybe it has never had them? I'm not sure. I've never used
the agent in Enigmail before, so maybe I need to somehow import the keys
I use into the agent? I'm not very experienced with gpg-agent. However,
all required applications are installed and functioning properly.

Regards
Janky Jay, III

> -Patrick
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