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Re: pgp signing



On Tuesday, 09.09.2003 at 16:36 +0100, A. S. Budden wrote:

> Just noticed a bit of an odd problem.  If I send an email and select
> the pgp sign option, it asks me for my passphrase as expected.  If I'm
> in an xterm (konsole actually) it works fine, if I'm in a virtual
> console (I think that's what it's called -- what you get by typing
> Ctrl-Alt-F1), it fails.  Having investigated this, I think it's got
> something to do with the fact that in my password (I hope I'm not
> giving too much away here), there is the pound sign (as in GBP --
> pounds sterling, shift-3 on a UK keyboard).  If I type this symbol at
> the terminal prompt, it appears as expected, but if I type it in any
> of the mutt prompts, nothing happens at all.
> 
> Can anyone offer any suggestions please?

<serious>Change your passphrase!</serious>

Dave.
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Dave Ewart
Dave.Ewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford
Cancer Research UK
PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370

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