Supress password prompt in GPG

Question

Using GnuPG one can symmetrically encrypt a file using:

gpg -c --cipher-algo TWOFISH --digest-algo SHA512 secret.txt

and decrypt using:

gpg -d -o secret.txt secret.txt.gpg

After running these commands a window pops up and asks for the password. I would like to run these commands out of a program using golangs 'exec' or pythons 'os.system'. How do I suppress this window and pass the password via command line? I couldn't find something like a --password option in the man pages.

As far as I know, the window is created by the pinetry program. If you uninstall it you'll have a dialog directly in the shell. — , Jan 19 '15 at 08:57

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '15 at 22:45

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You have some choices:

echo "aqw" | gpg --batch --passphrase-fd 0 -d -o output.txt secret.txt.gpg

or

gpg --batch --passphrase "aqw" -d -o output.txt secret.txt.gpg

or

gpg --batch --passphrase-file passphrase.txt -d -o output.txt secret.txt.gpg

(if you don't want to write your passphrase into the commandline)

answered Jan 18 '15 at 22:45

ddddavidee

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None of these seem to work with mit GPG installation. – Stein Jan 19 '15 at 18:37
it works on mine: Debian unstable. – ddddavidee Jan 20 '15 at 16:02
I use Mint and gpg 1.4.16 could you post your GPG version? – Stein Jan 20 '15 at 16:14
On my debian unstable I've: gnupg 1.4.18-6 – ddddavidee Jan 20 '15 at 21:28

Supress password prompt in GPG

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