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GPG: How to delete bad session key and get asked for encryption password again?

I tried to solve this Geocache: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC67EXW_signaturbruch And it gave me a password prompt, when I tried to solve gpg message.asc, but I didn't know the correct password back then. Now I know it, but it just…
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Signing git commits on macOS keeps asking for passphrase

I've set up Git commit signing on two other Macs in the past, I'm trying to set it up on a new one and failing for reasons that I don't understand. All machines are running High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65) 1) Installed packages via Homebrew brew install…
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Prevent GPG key sharing in VSCode Remote Container

The following paragraph in the official docs describes how to enable GPG key sharing (from localhost to Remote Container) in VSCode (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/containers#_sharing-gpg-keys). The instructions (for Linux) simply state…
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Cache GPG passphrase for git signing on Mac

There is already a more generic thread on the topic, Remember GPG password when signing git commits, but the answer there doesn't work for me. My environment is: Mac (macOS@10.15.7) Bash (the default that comes with macOS) Git v2.27.0 GnuPG v2.2.20…
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gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed, cannot kill gpg-agent

gpg-agent constantly logs (every 2 seconds) into syslog: gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed I followed this but it is really not possible since once the process is killed, it automatically respawns and I have not way of killing…
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gpg2: How to use another secret and public keyring?

I know that gpg2 uses the gpg-agent to get private-keys. Per default they are stored in ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d. Now I'm questioning myself if it's possible to instruct gpg to use another agent on another machine? The documentation is not very…
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GPG key signing party w. detached master key and sub-keys on yubikey

My current setup is a as follows: sec# rsa4096/E97E8047 2016-07-18 [C] uid [ultimate] Jonas Finnemann Jensen uid [ultimate] Jonas Finnemann Jensen uid [ultimate] Jonas Finnemann…
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Does gpg-agent.conf support environment variables for extra-socket option and in general?

I'm using gpg-agent (GnuPG) 2.3.4 on M1 Mac, OS X 12.1. I want to use the extra-socket option in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf. If I have extra-socket $HOME/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.extra and run gpgconf --kill gpg-agent; and gpg-connect-agent reloadagent…
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gpg: No keyserver available

on my server i try to get the keys and execute the command gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1E9377A2BA9EF27F but I get that the server is not available gpg: keyserver receive failed: No keyserver available but when i do the same on…
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When trying to sign git commit I get error gpg: DBG: Using CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB flag

I'm trying to make a new singed commit, but I get an error : gpg: DBG: Using CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB flag gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed gpg: keydb_search failed: No agent running gpg: skipped "C4583B304CDA4CA0": No agent…
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Entirely disable gpg-agent caching for all users

I want to disable GPG caching entirely. Ie, symmetrically encrypt a file, then have it ask for a password every time. Specifically, I'm using GPG 2.2.14 to try to do: gpg -c file.txt I've tried adding a ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf with…
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keychain: Warning: can't find gpg key; skipping

I'm trying to use keychain(1) with my GnuPG key on Debian Testing. However, I get the following message with this command: $ keychain --agents gpg MYPGPKEY * keychain 2.8.2 ~ http://www.funtoo.org * Starting gpg-agent... * Warning: can't find…
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Strange issue with terminal getting messed up: vim/coc-nvim/golang/gopls/zsh/gpg

I am having a very annoying issue and I don't know exactly what's the problem. It could have loads of possible causes, so please bear with me trying to fix this. I use vim to code. I use coc.nvim as plugin for code completion and navigation.…
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Why are there special symbols on git's gpg-signed commits

Whenever I use my gpg key to sign commits I always get these weird symbols in the commit's signature. $ git log --show-signature commit 16d7a1f5403ca0332146da7bcfe4594f6d997c2b (HEAD -> master) gpg: Signature made 07/03/2021 22:47:48…
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Where should I specify a pinentry program for GnuPG 2.0 and later?

I'm going to introduce git-crypt or git-secret to encrypt the credentials information described in a git repository. This needs GnuPG(GPG) to provide a way of encryption. I'v already installed the following program with…
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