[Enigmail] Thunderbird: Error in accessing enigmail service

[Patrick Brunschwig]

krONik schrieb:
> Thierry Legras wrote:
> 
>> When i open the "generate key" window inTBird, i got an error popup:
>> "Error in accessing enigmail service"
> 
> 
> I get this problem with TB 0.9 on Mandrake Linux. I have installed both
> enigmail and enigmime via urpmi. This I did as root. I also started up
> Thunderbird and configured GPG preferences as root. Thunderbird is
> installed system-wide.
> 
> I then set up Enigmail preferences in Thunderbird as a user. I notice
> that in enigmail console, stuff like this is printed:
> 
> ====== Console Text starts here ======
> Initializing Enigmail service ...
> EnigmailAgentPath=/usr/bin/gpg
> 
> enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --version
> gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.4
> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
> 
> Home: ~/.gnupg
> Supported algorithms:
> Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA, ELG
> Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH
> Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256
> Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2
> 
> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --gen-key
> %echo Generating a standard key
> Key-Type: DSA
> Key-Length: 1024
> Subkey-Type: ELG-E
> Subkey-Length: 1024
> Name-Real: Blanked Out
> Name-Comment: Mozilla Thunderbird Encryption by Enigmail and GPG
> Name-Email: blanked_out at blanked_out.com
> Expire-Date: 0
> 
> enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-colons
> --list-keys
> gpg: checking the trustdb
> gpg: checking at depth 0 signed=0 ot(-/q/n/m/f/u)=0/0/0/0/0/1
> 
> enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -a --export
> 0x7DE9C7C4D21A
> 23FC
> 
> enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --comment 'Using
> GnuPG wit
> h Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org' -a -e -s -r
> <blanked_out at blanked_out.com>
> -u <blanked_out at blanked_out.com>undefined
> gpg: skipped `<blanked_out at blanked_out.com>undefined': secret key not
> available
> gpg: [stdin]: sign+encrypt failed: secret key not available
> enigmail.js: Enigmail.encryptMessageEnd: Error in command execution
> enigmail.js: Enigmail.encryptMessage: Error in command execution
> ====== Console Text ends here ======
> 
> If I sign and encrypt an email, when I send, the following error is
> displayed in a message window:
> 
> ====== Error Message Window Text starts here ======
> Error - encryption command failed
> 
> gpg command line and output:
> /usr/bin/gpg --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --comment 'Using GnuPG with
> Thunderbird http://enigmail.mozdev.org' -a -e -s -r
> <recipients.address at recipients.email.server> -u
> <blanked_out at blanked_out.com>undefined
> 
> gpg: skipped '<blanked_out at blanked_out.com>undefined': secret key not
> available

The problem is the "undefined" after your email address. Someone once
posted the same problem for Mandrake, and it tourned out that it's a
Mandrake specific problem. I think somehow the default preferences for
Enigmail are not saved correctly. See here for more information:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mozilla.enigmail.general/3401

-Patrick