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Reputation: 12156

Is it possible to export a GPG private key without passphrase being provided in a prompt?

I would like to automate a GPG private key export so it runs without user interaction.

gpg --export-secret-keys [email protected]

I tried providing --batch --passphrase-fd 0 arguments both with passphrase being passsed as:

It didn't work. Is it even possible to export private keys without user interaction?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 6031

Answers (1)

Nickolay Olshevsky
Nickolay Olshevsky

Reputation: 14160

You should add --pinentry-mode=loopback parameter, as well as --batch. Full example from the RNP CLI tests suite:

gpg --batch --homedir .gpg --pinentry-mode=loopback --yes --passphrase "password" --output keyfile.asc --export-secret-key userid

Upvotes: 7

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