When executing `monkeysphere-server add-identity-certifier` across a link without a pseudo-terminal, it behaves oddly (prompts are created that are only halfway-readable, gpg gives error messages about lacking access to a `/dev/tty`, etc. You can try this directly if you have remote ssh access to the superuser on a monkeysphere-enabled host, assuming that `$GPGID` is set to the full fingerprint of a key you want to add as a trusted identity certifier: ssh root@example.org monkeysphere-server add-identity-certifier $GPGID Compare this behavior with: ssh -t root@example.org monkeysphere-server add-identity-certifier $GPGID