Password Manager: pass and passff plugin [SOLVED]

I've installed pass as my password manager. It work just fine.
I also found a plugin for pass in Firefox called passff (here)
It installed as advertised and it finds my password-store directory just fine but when I try to log to sites using the plugin I get the error:
"Please add your passphrase to gpg-agent".
It almost looks like passff is not talking to gpg.
If anyone has this working would you mind to share how you solved this problem?
Last edited by ralvez (2015-06-12 01:40:17)

Scott,
Thanks for your help.
I figured out what happened.
It seems that, way back, I was experimenting with gnupg and had created a custom set up ( I do not remember having done it, but there is was ) and the S.gpg-agent was in that directory.
After settings things to the more "standard" way of using gnupg everything is working.
Thanks again!!
R.

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