[Enigmail] Enigmail asks 2 times for passphrase

[Charly Avital]

Ludwig Zins wrote the following on 1/6/09 11:13 AM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a problem on my System using Enigmail.
> I use Tunderbird (2.x) on ubuntu Linux ans use PGP/MIME to sign my e-mails.
> Enigmail asks me 2 times for the passphrase. If I use PGP-Inline,
> everything works fine.
> My e-mails are signed correctly, but only after 2 typing 2 times the
> passphrase.
> 
> Does anyone know this effect?
> Is it a bug in enigmail or in ubuntu? I don't know if it works on other
> ditris (Fedora, Suse.....).
> 
> Regards
> Ludwig

Hi Ludwig,

I run Linux Ubuntu 8.10_64bits on a Macintosh Intel laptop under virtual
software VMware.

I have just checked that system (where I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.19,
Enigmail 0.95.7), sent myself a PGP/MIME signed message, and was
reqested to enter my passphrase once.

I follow the Ubuntu-users mailing list, and couldn't find any reference
to a problem similar or identical to yours.

I would recommend that you upgrade your GnuPG software to 1.4.9, that is
the current stable release. According to the raw source of your message,
you are running 'Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)'.

I don't pretend this will solve your problem, but it's worth trying, and
anyway gpg 1.4.6 is now way back.

A *very wild* guess is that you might have "two" gpgs installed and
running simultaneously. I suggest that you explore your system (via
Terminal) and find out where gpg is installed.

The default path should be
/usr/local/bin/gpg

Please check in Thunderbird's OpenPGP/Preferences, what is the path
selected in Preferences/Basic. It if something different that is not
/usr/local/bin/gpg, you might have two gpgs running.

As I said, a *very wild* guess.

Good luck.
Charly
MacOS 10.5.6 - MacBook Intel C2Duo "Aluminum Late 2008"- GnuPG 1.4.9 -
GPG2 2.0.10rc1 - Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 - Enigmail 0.95.7 (Testing TB
3.0b1+EM 0.96a)- Apple's Mail+GPGMail 1.2.0 (v56)
PGP key: 0xA57A8EFA