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Creating gpg keys non-interactively
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gen-key-script
Key-Type: 1
Key-Length: 2048
Subkey-Type: 1
Subkey-Length: 2048
Name-Real: Root Superuser
Name-Email: [email protected]
Expire-Date: 0
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install.bash
# Generate the key
gpg --batch --gen-key gen-key-script
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@guillaume130679 https://www.google.com/search?q=gpg%3A+agent_genkey+failed%3A+No+pinentry
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 7:07 AM Bluzz44 @.> wrote: @.* commented on this gist. ------------------------------ I am getting the following error when running the script: gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry gpg: key generation failed: No pinentry — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://gist.github.com/8970150#gistcomment-3523891, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAAYDQ6S76KYB4LG66SCMLSPJ46NANCNFSM4S3ZFNJA .

This was more of an FYI note, I found how to resolve the issue https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Unattended-GPG-key-generation.html

Not sure what is different, but the code given on that page worked :)

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eexit commented Jan 27, 2022

Add %no-protection if you need to generate passwordless keys. This also prevents the pinentry to pop up.

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muink commented Feb 27, 2023

Using Process Substitution can be support indentation

gpg --full-gen-key --batch <(echo "Key-Type: 1"; \
                             echo "Key-Length: 4096"; \
                             echo "Subkey-Type: 1"; \
                             echo "Subkey-Length: 4096"; \
                             echo "Expire-Date: 0"; \
                             echo "Name-Real: Root Superuser"; \
                             echo "Name-Email: [email protected]"; \
                             echo "%no-protection"; )

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Quick question for you, do you know if it's possible to use --batch to create a master key and subsequent subkeys (3 to 4 at a time)?

I want to follow this guide: https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide and create a script that would create the master key and sub keys at the same time. After some research, I'm left with 'it can only generate 1 subkey' so I'm stuck right now
If you have an idea, could you share it?

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