Re: [Duplicity-talk] duplicity claiming: PASSPHRASE variable not set

[edgar . soldin]

On 21.08.2011 23:36, Mogliii wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Running duplicity 0.6.15 on ubuntu 10.04 in conjuncture with duply
> (latest development version from 21stAugust).
> I am trying to do a backup encrypted against two public keys and sign
> with a private key. When I run the command I get this:
> 
> 
> [snip]
> -----------------
> Connecting with backend: FTPBackend
> Archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/duply_vserver
> 
> Found 0 secondary backup chains.
> 
> Found primary backup chain with matching signature chain:
> -------------------------
> Chain start time: Sun Aug 21 23:08:42 2011
> Chain end time: Sun Aug 21 23:10:03 2011
> Number of contained backup sets: 2
> Total number of contained volumes: 2
>  Type of backup set:                            Time:      Num volumes:
>                 Full         Sun Aug 21 23:08:42 2011                 1
>          Incremental         Sun Aug 21 23:10:03 2011                 1
> -------------------------
> No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found.
> PASSPHRASE variable not set, asking user.
> GnuPG passphrase for signing key:
> 

Seems to be a bug in the passphrase delivering code. That is quite new, so 
there could be bugs. Please try to set SIGN_PASSPHRASE to explicitely deliver a 
signing passphrase and see if that helps. I will doublecheck if i can reproduce 
the problem.

> (I entered the passphrase twice by hand, thats why there are two
> backups. Another odd thing is that gpg ask to repeat the passphrase. But
> this does not make sense, I don't have to enter a passphrase twice to
> log-in to eg. ssh...)

This is a feature, although I already voted against it. Signing passphrases are 
asked two times and compared to ensure that they are correct and duplicity does 
not have to be restarted.

@Ken: We have two people not understanding the need for a double input plus 
me.. Could we convert it to a one timer now. Please?

> 
> I believe this is a duplicity problem as the generated command follows
> the man-page. Also: before signing duplicity had already access to the
> ftp (so it could check that everything is up to date), for which it
> requires the FTP_PASSWORD variable.
> 

What locale is your system running on?

..ede/duply.net