gpgsm trust prompt blocks certificate verification on Debian KDE
Helge Reimer <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:03:16 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.user.kde |
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| Message-ID | <12874493.O9o76ZdvQC@debian-pc> |
Hello, I am seeing a certificate trust prompt on Debian/KDE from `gpgsm --server` = when=20 handling an S/MIME certificate from a mailing list participant. The problem= is=20 not primarily the certificate itself, but that the trust dialog grabs exclu= sive=20 focus, so I cannot properly use the desktop in parallel to inspect the=20 certificate, verify the fingerprint, or check the trust chain before making= a=20 decision. This creates a poor and arguably unsafe workflow, because I am as= ked=20 to trust a CA at exactly the moment when independent verification is diffic= ult.=20 Is this expected behavior with GnuPG / `gpgsm` on KDE, and is there a=20 recommended way to verify certificate details first without being forced in= to=20 this modal prompt? =2D-=20 Gru=C3=9F Helge