[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#845565: Bug#853066: gnupg-agent: opens dialog on the wrong computer.

[Teemu Likonen]

Teemu Likonen [2017-02-05 11:44:27+02] wrote:

> I'll just confirm the above and add that even executing
>
>     gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye
>
> on the remote ssh session shell (Bash) doesn't help. I tried
> gpg+pinentry with this command on the remote ssh session:
>
>     gpg -ac <<< message
>
> and pinentry-gnome3 opens its password prompt window in the running
> desktop session (XFCE4 in my case).

But one thing that helps is loopback mode for pinentry:

    gpg -ac --pinentry-mode loopback <<< message

So maybe one solution for the (remote) shell sessions' pinentry problem
is a shell alias like this:

    alias gpg="gpg --pinentry-mode loopback"
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