[pass] I surrender!

[rephorm]

The pass docs assume that you already have created a gpg key.
You'll need to at least run "gpg --gen-key" before you can use pass. 
See 
http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-3.html#ss3.1 
for more on creating a gpg key.


Brian

On 2013-12-09 05:49, donald wrote:
> I have tried diligently, without success, to install pass. There is
> obviously an interaction with GIT/GPG which I do not fathom.
> 
>  I created a fresh working directory (pw), moved the contents of the
> pass tarball into that directory. My home directory contains a
> .gitconfig file which contains
> 
>> [user]
>> name = donald
>> email = d.menken at sbcglobal.net
>> [gui]
>> recentrepo = /home/donald/perl-dev/TAXcalc
> 
>  I then executed a pass init followed by an attempt to add a password
> to a presumably empty file:
> 
>> bash-4.1$ cd pw
>> bash-4.1$ ll
>> total 4
>> drwx------. 5 donald donald 4096 Dec 5 10:24 password-store-1.4.2
>> bash-4.1$ pass init "$a432 Password Storage Key"
>> Password store initialized for Password Storage Key.
>> [master be4c46a] Set GPG id to Password Storage Key.
>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> bash-4.1$ ll
>> total 4
>> drwx------. 5 donald donald 4096 Dec 5 10:24 password-store-1.4.2
>> bash-4.1$ pass insert web/amazon.com
>> Enter password for web/amazon.com:
>> Retype password for web/amazon.com:
>> gpg: Password Storage Key: skipped: No public key
>> gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: No public key
>> fatal: pathspec 'web/amazon.com.gpg' did not match any files
> 
>  I can, of course, "clean up" all of the miscellaneous files created
> so far and start from scratch (one more time) but I confess that I
> have exhausted all of my ideas of how to "do it right". Helpful
> suggestions -- assuming total ignorance on my part -- would be
> welcomed.
> 
> 
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