gpg issues

[Jan Hudec]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 15:04:58 -0600, John A Meinel wrote:
> Using this fake-gpg.py:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> """read from sys.stdin into a temporary file, and then have gpg sign it.
> """
> 
> import os, subprocess, sys, tempfile
> 
> t = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
> t.write(sys.stdin.read())
> 
> p = subprocess.Popen(['gpg', '--output', '-', '--clearsign', t.name],
>                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
> 
> out, err = p.communicate()
> 
> sys.stdout.write(out)
> sys.exit(p.returncode)
> 
> t.close()
> 
> And then if I just do:
> ./fake-gpg.py
> test<ENTER>
> ^D<ENTER>
> 
> It prompts me for a password correctly, and then does the signature.
> doing
> echo "test" | ./fake-gpg.py
> 
> Fails to prompt, and won't sign.

I believe it's because you don't reopen stdin. You need to open the
terminal (the one which stderr is connected to - it would be better to
use your controling tty, but I don't know how to get it) on stdin.

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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