[Enigmail] GnuPG-Agent on FreeBSD.

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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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>

- -Patrick
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