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| Notes for GnuPG Users on several platforms (except maybe Windows) | Notes for ~GnuPG users on several platforms == General Remarks Always use a current version of GnuPG Version >= 2. (There are only a few rare exceptions to this rule.) GnuPG 2.1.x is "modern", not all applications may already support the new features fully. So when in doubt, use GnuPG 2.0.x. == Ubuntu gnome-keyring or seahorse may pose as gpg-agent, but known versions today (2014-11) are not fully compatible with the gpg-agent protocol. So applications may show errors or cannot work when they believe they are talking to gpg-agent and try to use its features. Examples: {{{ERR 280 not implemented}}} or a protocol error in the Kleopatra self-tests. You can detect the situation with GnuPG 2.0.x when checking the environment variable on a shell like {{{echo $GPG_AGENT_INFO}}}. You are talking for a gpg-agent for good, if it has something with gpg-agent in it and a corresponding gpg-agent process is running. Otherwise the connection has probably been taken over. Solution: Disable gnome-keyring, some hints on how to disable it are within the [[https://www.programmierecke.net/howto/gpg-ssh.html|notes on how to use gpg-agent with ssh]] (you need only the disable part, not the ssh part) or [[http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2014-September/050812.html|here]]. (TODO link or describe better solution, link/create reports for ubuntu and gnome) For some Details see this [[http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2014-September/050800.html|gnupg-users post]]. |
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| Note that the gnupg2 Package may look in different systems paths compared to a vanilla build and what its documentation says. |
Note that the gnupg2 Package may search for files in paths that differ from the paths of a vanilla build and what its written in the documentation. |
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| E.g: wheezy looks in {{{/etc/gnupg2/trustlist.txt}}} but the docs differ ([[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725804|Debian defect #725804]]). | E.g: The gpgsm[2.0.19-2+deb7u1] in Wheezy looks in {{{/etc/gnupg2/trustlist.txt}}} but the docs differ ([[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725804|Debian defect #725804]]). == Mac OS X * http://sourceforge.net/p/gpgosx/docu/Home/ * https://gpgtools.org == Android * https://guardianproject.info/ , they have experimental builds of a GnuPG port, see https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/09/gnupg-for-android-progress-we-have-an-app/ * See APG and OpenPGP-Keychain via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP == Webbrowser * https://webpg.org/ , successor of ~FireGPG * See users of openpgp.js via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP * http://thinkst.com/tools/cr-gpg/ a Chromium extension. TODO: License ? alpha, last activity 2012 |
Notes for GnuPG users on several platforms
General Remarks
Always use a current version of GnuPG Version >= 2. (There are only a few rare exceptions to this rule.) GnuPG 2.1.x is "modern", not all applications may already support the new features fully. So when in doubt, use GnuPG 2.0.x.
Ubuntu
gnome-keyring or seahorse may pose as gpg-agent, but known versions today (2014-11) are not fully compatible with the gpg-agent protocol. So applications may show errors or cannot work when they believe they are talking to gpg-agent and try to use its features. Examples: ERR 280 not implemented or a protocol error in the Kleopatra self-tests.
You can detect the situation with GnuPG 2.0.x when checking the environment variable on a shell like echo $GPG_AGENT_INFO. You are talking for a gpg-agent for good, if it has something with gpg-agent in it and a corresponding gpg-agent process is running. Otherwise the connection has probably been taken over.
Solution: Disable gnome-keyring, some hints on how to disable it are within the notes on how to use gpg-agent with ssh (you need only the disable part, not the ssh part) or here.
(TODO link or describe better solution, link/create reports for ubuntu and gnome) For some Details see this gnupg-users post.
Debian
Note that the gnupg2 Package may search for files in paths that differ from the paths of a vanilla build and what its written in the documentation.
E.g: The gpgsm[2.0.19-2+deb7u1] in Wheezy looks in /etc/gnupg2/trustlist.txt but the docs differ (Debian defect #725804).
Mac OS X
Android
- https://guardianproject.info/ , they have experimental builds of a GnuPG port, see https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/09/gnupg-for-android-progress-we-have-an-app/
- See APG and OpenPGP-Keychain via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
Webbrowser
- https://webpg.org/ , successor of FireGPG
- See users of openpgp.js via OtherFreeSoftwareOpenPGP
- http://thinkst.com/tools/cr-gpg/ a Chromium extension. TODO: License ? alpha, last activity 2012