Bug 2967 - Summary: rpm-2.5.5 --sign fails with certain PGP pass phrases
Summary: Summary: rpm-2.5.5 --sign fails with certain PGP pass phrases
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 5.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-05-22 15:23 UTC by kevinc
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 1999-08-30 23:28:48 UTC
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Description kevinc 1999-05-22 15:23:38 UTC
When trying 'rpm --resign -vv foo.i386.rpm' while my
PGP passphrase is "99%secret" produces the following.

   Enter pass phrase:

   Error:  Bad pass phrase.
   Signature error

   For a usage summary, type:  pgp -h
   For more detailed help, consult the PGP User's Guide.
   Pass phrase check failed

PGP accepts the very same pass phrase above as valid -- yes,
I'm certain.  When I change my PGP pass phrase to something
else, "baddog" for instance, then the same RPM command
renders:

   Enter pass phrase:

   Key for user ID: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc>
   1024-bit key, Key ID 14897F55, created 1996/01/31
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc.tek.com>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove
<kevinc.tek.com>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <Kevin.E.Cosgrove>
   Pass phrase is good.
   xpt-1.11-1.src.rpm:
   D: New Header signature
   D: Signature size: 236
   D: Signature pad : 4
   D: sigsize         : 240
   D: Header + Archive: 17538
   D: expected size   : 17538
   Generating signature: 1002

   Key for user ID: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc>
   1024-bit key, Key ID 14897F55, created 1996/01/31
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc.tek.com>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove
<kevinc.tek.com>
   Also known as: Kevin Cosgrove <Kevin.E.Cosgrove>
   D: PGP sig size: 152
   D: Got 152 bytes of PGP sig
   D: Signature size: 236
   D: Signature pad : 4


Thanks.....

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-05-22 20:07:59 UTC
OK, thanks for reporting. News at 11 ...

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-07-28 11:46:44 UTC
The '%' in the password is/was almost certainly the problem.


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