I am running Windows 7 with Python version 3.6.1 in Anaconda. I installed the python package gnupg, using pip install gnupg.
I downloaded the gnupg Windows executable 2.1.23 from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/.
When I run the code with either of the two lines below it fails with the following error.
import gnupg
gpg = gnupg.GPG(binary='C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin/gpg.exe',
homedir='C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection')
# gpg = gnupg.GPG(binary='C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin/gpg.exe')
However when I run the Python code with either of the two lines it fails.
import gnupg
# gpg = gnupg.GPG(homedir='C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG')
gpg = gnupg.GPG(homedir='C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AssertionError Traceback (most recent call last)
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gnupg\_meta.py in _homedir_setter(self, directory)
434 assert _util._has_readwrite(hd), \
--> 435 "Homedir '%s' needs read/write permissions" % hd
436 except AssertionError as ae:
AssertionError: Homedir ''C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection'' needs read/write permissions
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
RuntimeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-4-ae272cb064fb> in <module>()
1 gpg = gnupg.GPG(binary='C:/Program Files (x86)/GnuPG/bin/gpg.exe',
----> 2 homedir='C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection')
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gnupg\gnupg.py in __init__(self, binary, homedir, verbose, use_agent, keyring, secring, ignore_homedir_permissions, options)
123 verbose=verbose,
124 use_agent=use_agent,
--> 125 ignore_homedir_permissions=ignore_homedir_permissions,
126 )
127
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gnupg\_meta.py in __init__(self, binary, home, keyring, secring, use_agent, default_preference_list, ignore_homedir_permissions, verbose, options)
181 self.ignore_homedir_permissions = ignore_homedir_permissions
182 self.binary = _util._find_binary(binary)
--> 183 self.homedir = os.path.expanduser(home) if home else _util._conf
184 pub = _parsers._fix_unsafe(keyring) if keyring else 'pubring.gpg'
185 sec = _parsers._fix_unsafe(secring) if secring else 'secring.gpg'
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gnupg\_util.py in __set__(self, obj, value)
763 self.fset(obj, value)
764 else:
--> 765 getattr(obj, self.fset.__name__)(value)
766
767 def __delete__(self, obj):
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gnupg\_meta.py in _homedir_setter(self, directory)
438 log.debug("GPGBase.homedir.setter(): %s" % msg)
439 log.debug(str(ae))
--> 440 raise RuntimeError(str(ae))
441 else:
442 log.info("Setting homedir to '%s'" % hd)
RuntimeError: Homedir ''C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection'' needs read/write permissions
I've ran the following two commands and verified the folder has read and write access.
>>> os.access('C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection', os.W_OK)
True
>>> os.access('C:/Users/Alex/Desktop/SFTP Connection', os.R_OK)
True
>>>
With regards to the new permissions error, I guess it is actually a bug of gnupg, I have submitted a patch.