BORG_PASSPHRASE not working as expected

[barnybla]

I have set environment variable for BORG_PASSPHRASE, in this way:

export BORG_PASSPHRASE='top_secret_passphrase'

I got this issue:

passphrase supplied in BORG_PASSPHRASE, by BORG_PASSCOMMAND or via BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD is incorrect

With the command: "env" I saw:

BORG_PASSPHRASE=top_secret_passphrase

I tried the export in different ways with: 'top_secret_passphrase', "top_secret_passphrase" and top_secret_passphrase. All ways shows the same issue like above.

If I try the borg list command with the right passphrase, then it works fine.

I have:

borg --version                           borg 1.2.4
borgmatic --version                  borgmatic 1.9.5
python3 --version                     Python 3.11.2

What could be the problem?

Regards Bernd

[rugk]

I guess you're in the wrong repo here, you'd better post this depending on which (community) tool you actually use.

Also I'd suggest using proper Markdown formatting available on GitHub, including for code blocks/console commands respectively it's output. This makes your post much more readable, and generally contributes to how a good question should be asked.

[ThomasWaldmann]

Usually such issues are because the borg process does not "see" the env variable.

Either because export was not used (not in your case), or because sudo or some other wrapper does not let it through. Or the passphrase in the env is just wrong.

[barnybla]

thanks for your answers,
First, the passphrase in the env is the right one, the command is running under root. Is it possible that borgmatic is blocking that?

[ThomasWaldmann]

I don't think so. Maybe @witten can comment?

[witten]

If the problem only occurs when using borgmatic, then I recommend filing an issue here instead: https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues

Please include your borgmatic configuration (redacted) and the logs you get when running with --verbosity 2 (also redacted if necessary). Thanks.