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From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
To: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Commit signing and pinentry problems
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:41:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8yC8n+ta4BSAE4rEfhKxe3T9poVdc94HvSk=6PEA4YbmwVyA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi Everyone,

I'm having an annoying problem that I can't figure out. I hope Git has
a setting to fix it.

I have a desktop workstation where I sit at the keyboard about 1/3 of
the time. Git signing works as expected. About 2/3 of the time I SSH
into the machine. Git signing does not work when SSH'd in.

When Git signing fails over SSH an error looks like:

   $ git commit -S log.h -m "Remove unneeded header"
   error: gpg failed to sign the data
   fatal: failed to write commit object

I just noticed this today (but it makes sense)...

    - Go to desktop workstation, log in
    - Go to remote machine, log in
    - Sign at remote machine over SSH
      - Desktop workstation will open GUI password prompt
      - Remote machine sign operation will hang until GUI prompt times-out

The problem was reported to Ubuntu but no activity:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pinentry/+bug/1852696 .

Does anyone know how to use Git to work around pinentry brain-dead-ness?

Thanks in advance.

             reply	other threads:[~2019-11-20 12:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-20 12:41 Jeffrey Walton [this message]
2019-11-20 15:15 ` Commit signing and pinentry problems Randall S. Becker
2019-11-21  0:48 ` brian m. carlson
2020-03-02 14:09 ` Jeffrey Walton

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