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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote : [intrepid] Wrong passphrase message when correct one is entered

Binary package hint: enigmail

I installed intrepid from scratch on a different partition and copied the .gnupg folder into the new user for intrepid. When I use enigmail (within thunderbird) in intrepid, I get the following error message

OpenPGP Security Info

Error - secret key needed to decrypt message

gpg command line and output:
/usr/bin/gpg --charset utf8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -d --use-agent
gpg: NOTE: old default options file `/home/raj-intrepid/.gnupg/options' ignored
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
gpg: can't query passphrase in batch mode
gpg: Invalid passphrase; please try again ...
gpg: can't query passphrase in batch mode
gpg: Invalid passphrase; please try again ...
gpg: can't query passphrase in batch mode
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID XXXXXXXX, created 2006-11-30
      "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <cXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXXXXX>"
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG-E key, ID XXXXXXXX, created 2007-11-09
      "XXXXXXXXXXX <XXXXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXXXXXXX>"
gpg: public key decryption failed: bad passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available

(e-mail addresses and key IDs are redacted)

I do enter the correct passphrase. I have tried the same in hardy and everything works still fine.

The difference to Bug #268951 is that I get a window to enter the passphrase and I am able to enter the correct one. Still I get the same result.