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GPG encryption error ...
Hi. I'm hitting issues using gpg to encrypt a text file on Linux.

Code:
gpg -c --passphrase 123 --cipher-algo AES256 test
gpg: cancelled by user
gpg: error creating passphrase: Operation cancelled
gpg: symmetric encryption of `test' failed: Operation cancelled


In this case the file test just has a few numbers in it. This is something that has worked in the past so it's a configuration issue but I'm struggling to work out exactly what that issue is.

The daemon is running ...
Code:
$pidof gpg-agent
1532011 1504881

I tried setting GPG_AGENT_INFO but it doesn't make a difference

Any ideas of the approach I should take to resolve this?
Many thanks.
 
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amcryptsimple

AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8)					  System Administration Commands					  AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8)

NAME

       amcryptsimple - reference simple crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption

SYNOPSIS

       amcryptsimple  to be called by Amanda only

DESCRIPTION

       amcryptsimple calls gpg to perform symmetric data encryption on Amanda backup.  amcryptsimple will search for the gpg program in the
       following directories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin

       amcryptsimple uses one passphrase to encrypt the Amanda data and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the Amanda backup data.  amcryptsimple
       uses AES256 as the symmetric cipher.

HOW TO CREATE PASSPHRASE

       Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the Amanda user ($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions:

       echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase
       chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/.am_passphrase
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NOTES

       Choose a good passphrase and protect it properly. Backup data can only be restored with the passphrase. There is no backdoor.

       If storing and securing passphrase in your environment presents challenges, Amanda provide public-key data encryption through amgpgcrypt.
       Public-key encryption uses the public key to encrypt and uses the private key to decrypt.

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), amgpgcrypt(8), amrestore(8), gpg(1)

       The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

AUTHOR

       Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
	   Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

Amanda 3.3.3							    01/10/2013							  AMCRYPTSIMPLE(8)