Hi, I've found the answer on the [GPG Website][1] itself. The agent was failing to find on which screen to display the Pinentry window. I just had to put the following in my .*shrc file: echo "UPDATESTARTUPTTY" | gpg-connect-agent > /dev/null 2&>1 [1]: https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Common-Problems.html __ Jimmy ___ Jimmy THRASIBULE <thrasibule.jimmy@xxxxxxxxx> 2015-07-22 23:41 GMT+02:00 Jimmy Thrasibule <thrasibule.jimmy@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > I'm running Fedora 22. I'm trying to setup GnuPG to have my SSH > connections authenticated using my PGP authentication subkey that is > located on my Yubikey Neo. > > I have a systemd unit starting the gpg-agent as following: > > > /usr/bin/gpg-agent --homedir=%h/.gnupg --daemon --use-standard-socket > > > And I have enabled SSH support in the configuration: > > > enable-ssh-support > pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk > > > Other parts of the setup include adding the [keygrip][1] of my key to > the ~/.gnupg/sshcontrol file, adding my [public key][2] to the remote > host and declaring the [environment variables][3]. > > Globally looking at the various logs the setup wants to work, I can > see that SSH is finding the key but actually failing to sign with it. > If I look at the logs from gpg-agent, I can see that it is failing to > launch the pinentry program and therefore, no requesting for the PIN > code: > > > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] DBG: error calling pinentry: > Ioctl() inappropriate for a device <Pinentry> > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] DBG: chan_8 -> BYE > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] DBG: chan_7 -> CAN > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] DBG: chan_7 <- ERR 100663573 > The IPC call was canceled <SCD> > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] smartcard signing failed: > Ioctl() inappropriate for a device > 2015-07-22 23:23:28 gpg-agent[6758] ssh sign request failed: > Ioctl() inappropriate for a device <Pinentry> > > > What we see here is that when used in combination with SSH, some ioctl > call is failing while calling pinentry. However if I run the > following: > > > $ echo "Test" | gpg2 -s > > > The PIN window is popping up and it's all working fine. > > Can you help me understand what's going on with this setup and SSH? > > > [1]: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2012-July/045059.html > [2]: https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2012-July/045115.html > [3]: https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Agent-Examples.html#Agent-Examples > > ___ > Jimmy THRASIBULE <thrasibule.jimmy@xxxxxxxxx> -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org