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gpg, secure token and OS X Lion 10.7

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Paul

31 Jul, 2012 11:04 AM

I am trying to use a secure token ( epass2003 ) with gpg with OS X Lion 10.7. All of my gpg tools and apps are the latest nightly builds.

I can see the card with opensc-tool:
$ opensc-tool --list-files Using reader with a card: Feitian ePass2003 00 00

But when I try to see the card with gpg it fails.
$ gpg --card-status gpg: OpenPGP card not available: Not supported

Any ideas on what to check? I have OpenSC installed, might that be incompatible? I have read that gpg requires exclusive access to the token - might that be an issue? Any more debug or details I can provide?
Thanks
Paul

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Luke Le on 31 Jul, 2012 11:06 AM

   

   Hi Paul,

   please install the nightly MacGPG2 from https://nightly.gpgtools.org
   This should fix your problem.

   Let us know if it works.

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2. 2 Posted by Paul on 31 Jul, 2012 11:21 AM

   

   Hi Luke,
   I think I am already using :
   MacGPG2-latest.dmg 04-Jun-2012 16:39 6.0M Untested nightly build

   $ gpg2 --version
   gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.19
   libgcrypt 1.5.0
   

   Is that the latest?

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Luke Le on 31 Jul, 2012 11:27 AM

   

   Ah ok, yes, that build should be working.
   Unfortunately there's not much documentation available about using gnupg with a secure token.
   After a quick search however I've found the following:

   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG#GnuPG_together_with_OpenSC

   It appears that the opensc daemon might access the device and thus prevent gnupg from accesing it directly.
   The article above should provide a workaround for that.

   Hope that helps.

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Steve on 23 Sep, 2012 03:05 PM

   

   No further user feedback. Closing.

   @Paul: Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.

   All the best,
   steve

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5. Steve closed this discussion on 23 Sep, 2012 03:05 PM.