Re: Loop-AES: Question for Password when none is needed

[Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@xxxxxxx>]

markus reichelt wrote:
> * Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> But that doesn't mean that that isn't a WORKAROUND for something
>> that should happen in the first place.
> 
> ...
> 
> Maybe you are just asking for one more -o keyword without realising
> it.
> 
> 'key=<file>' which expects a plain keyfile, just like 'gpgkey=<file>'
> expects a .gpg
> 
> Would be my choice instead of messing around with .gpg handling. It
> just doesn't make any sense at all to have a passwordless .gpg ---
> Thinking along these lines... Imagine some plain text embedded into a
> word document and trying to tune a converter to get your hands on the
> text instead of using a plain textfile in the first place.

That would also be a solution for my problem.




Bis denn

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