gopass: Doesn't work out of the box with CentOS

Steps to reproduce:

Install a fresh CentOS 7 VM (server minimal)
yum install -y wget git
wget https://github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/releases/download/v1.4.0-rc1/gopass-1.4.0-rc1-linux-amd64.rpm
rpm -i gopass-1.4.0-rc1-linux-amd64.rpm
gpg --gen-key (all defaults, making a passphrase)
gopass init (all defaults)
gopass insert asdf (works)
gopass asdf (fails)

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Zamiell <zamiell@zamiell.com>"
4096-bit RSA key, ID F1E992A1, created 2017-09-25 (main key ID 0DA8C3E9)


Error: failed to retrieve secret 'asdf': Failed to decrypt
exit status 11

The problem seems to be that it never prompts me for my passphrase. It presumably fails because its trying to use a blank passphrase.

The same problem occurs when:

Using v1.4.0 rc1 from: https://github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/releases/download/v1.4.0-rc1/gopass-1.4.0-rc1-linux-amd64.rpm
Using v1.3.2 from: https://github.com/justwatchcom/gopass/releases/download/v1.3.2/gopass-1.3.2-linux-amd64.rpm
Doing a go get and running from source with: go run main.go asdf

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Comments: 19 (14 by maintainers)

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I’ve suffered the same problem on mac and i’m able to reproduce it like so:

start from clean:
- no gpg2, no gopass, no gpg keys,
- delete ~/.password-store and ~/.config/gopass
install all deps via brew: gpg2, gopass 1.6.2
setup a new gpg key gpg --full-gen-key with 5 years validity and a password
init gopass pass store: gopass init --no-git
store some dummy secret gopass insert bla -m using vi
get decrypt error via: gopass bla

it seems to be directly related to not prompting for the password. the workaround from zamiell seems to work. doing gpg --decrypt ~/.password-store/bla.gpg will prompt for password. after putting it in, gopass is able to decrypt secrets.

samzilverberg on Dec 3, 2017

Looks like with the recent git refactoring in recent versions, it “works” on CentOS now, sort of.

I opened six new issues today relating to the gopass “out of the box” experience. Once they are resolved, I will give this another thorough test from the beginning on a fresh CentOS 7 VM and report back any findings.

Zamiell on Dec 2, 2017