cron fails to execute gpg encryption commands
Issue
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User crontab is configured to encrypt a file by running the following gnupg command, but the output file is never generated.
gpg --passphrase-fd 3 --sign --encrypt -r Bob -o /tmp/output.gpg /home/alice/inputfile 3</home/alice/pw.txt -
Trying to use a gpg command in a cron job that decrypts some files with
--passphrasebut decryption is failing
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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