diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg-agent.texi | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index d7015bd85..6373b0339 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2004-09-29 Werner Koch <[email protected]> + * gpg-agent.texi (Invoking GPG-AGENT): Add a few words about the + expected pinentry filename. + Changed license of the manual stuff to GPL. * gnupg.texi (Top): New menu item Helper Tools. diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index ab28eeb7d..2b45a41c1 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -52,9 +52,17 @@ GPG_TTY=`tty` export GPG_TTY @end smallexample +@noindent It is important that this environment variable always reflects the output of the @code{tty} command. +Please make sure that a proper pinentry program has been installed +under the default filename (which is system dependant) or use the +option @code{pinentry-pgm} to specify the full name of that program. +It is often useful to install a symbolic link from the actual used +pinentry (e.g. @file{/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk}) to the expected +one (e.g. @file{/usr/bin/pinentry}). + @c man end @noindent |