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Short fullname hangs QtPass keypair generation process for infinite time #202

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dakk opened this issue Sep 30, 2016 · 3 comments
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@dakk
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dakk commented Sep 30, 2016

I was trying to initialize QPass by creating a keypair. I put my fullname and other requested info. Then the "Generating a gnupg keypair" window appears, but after 3 hours it never finished.

So I tried to create a keypair from terminal using the same backend used by QPass (gpg2); when I type my fullname (I typed "dakk" that's my nickname) gpg2 says that the fullname should be longer than 4 characters.

I figured out that QPass received this error by gpg2, but this error is not handled properly by QPass.

gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.30
libgcrypt 1.7.3
Home: ~/.gnupg
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

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egilh commented Oct 3, 2016

First time qtpass user here.
I can confirm I have the same issue.
Trying to create a keypair, filling in my email and full name, it hangs on "Generating a new keypair".

Adding a letter to my given name makes it possible to create a keypair. Doesn't matter if I also use my surname or not, its the length of the given name that creates the issue.

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annejan commented Oct 3, 2016

Solution seems to be two-fold.

A) Correctly check for status / errors of gpg2 keygen.
B) Warn that the "given name" should be longer than 4 characters.

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dakk commented Oct 3, 2016

I implemented the (B) solution. I also checked for email validity (gpg2 expect for a valid email address)

@annejan annejan changed the title Short fullname hangs QPass keypair generation process for infinite time Short fullname hangs QtPass keypair generation process for infinite time Oct 3, 2016
@annejan annejan closed this as completed Oct 12, 2016
annejan added a commit that referenced this issue Oct 12, 2016
localisation and backlog updated..
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