Where did you install Firefox from? Help Mozilla uncover 3rd party websites that offer problematic Firefox installation by taking part in our campaign. There will be swag, and you'll be featured in our blog if you manage to report at least 10 valid reports!

Avatar for Username

ابحث في الدعم

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

I can't paste my private key passphrase into the dialog box

  • 2 (ردّان اثنان)
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • آخر ردّ كتبه chriscrutch_21

chriscrutch_21
chriscrutch_21
more options

I'm using Thunderbird on Ubuntu 14.10 with Enigmail for GPG encryption. When Thunderbird needs my passphrase, a dialog box pops up asking for it, but it won't let me paste the passphrase into the dialog box. I use a 64 character totally random passphrase including special characters, and I can't sit and type the thing every time. I need to be able to paste it from my password manager. I'm not even sure if this is a Thunderbird problem, or if it's with Enigmail or Ubuntu. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you!

--chriscrutch

I'm using Thunderbird on Ubuntu 14.10 with Enigmail for GPG encryption. When Thunderbird needs my passphrase, a dialog box pops up asking for it, but it won't let me paste the passphrase into the dialog box. I use a 64 character totally random passphrase including special characters, and I can't sit and type the thing every time. I need to be able to paste it from my password manager. I'm not even sure if this is a Thunderbird problem, or if it's with Enigmail or Ubuntu. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! --chriscrutch

الحل المُختار

Although I do not use Engimail and therefore lack the real knowledge you require, I have located some information which may help.

Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (2)

Toad-Hall
Toad-Hall
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

الحل المُختار

Although I do not use Engimail and therefore lack the real knowledge you require, I have located some information which may help.

chriscrutch_21
chriscrutch_21 صاحب السؤال
more options

Thanks so much for the links. None of them directly solved the issue, but they led to places that did. The solution involved updating a particular package that was unavailable in the 14.10 repos and thus had to be manually downloaded, compiled from source, and installed. Marked as solved.