diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
index 88ff65bb1..beb03a80d 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
@@ -82,14 +82,41 @@ p3AuthMgr *getAuthMgr()
 }
 
 
+	
+
 gpg_error_t pgp_pwd_callback(void *hook, const char *uid_hint, const char *passphrase_info, int prev_was_bad, int fd)
 {
 	const char *passwd = (const char *) hook;
+
+	if (prev_was_bad)
+		fprintf(stderr, "pgp_pwd_callback() Prev was bad!\n");
+	//fprintf(stderr, "pgp_pwd_callback() Set Password to:\"%s\"\n", passwd);
+	fprintf(stderr, "pgp_pwd_callback() Set Password\n");
+
 	write(fd, passwd, strlen(passwd));
+	write(fd, "\n", 1); /* needs a new line? */
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char *PgpPassword = NULL;
+
+bool GPGAuthMgr::setPGPPassword(std::string pwd)
+{
+	/* reset it while we change it */
+	gpgme_set_passphrase_cb(CTX, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (PgpPassword)
+		free(PgpPassword);
+	PgpPassword = (char *) malloc(pwd.length() + 1);
+	memcpy(PgpPassword, pwd.c_str(), pwd.length());
+	PgpPassword[pwd.length()] = '\0';
+
+	gpgme_set_passphrase_cb(CTX, pgp_pwd_callback, (void *) PgpPassword);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 
 GPGAuthMgr::GPGAuthMgr()
 	:gpgmeInit(false) 
@@ -140,8 +167,6 @@ GPGAuthMgr::GPGAuthMgr()
 	printAllKeys();
 	updateTrustAllKeys();
 
-static const char *realPassword = "aaaa\n";
-	gpgme_set_passphrase_cb(CTX, pgp_pwd_callback, (void *) realPassword);
 
 }
 
@@ -244,6 +269,7 @@ int	GPGAuthMgr::GPGInit(std::string ownId, std::string name, std::string passphr
 	mOwnGpgCert.user.id = ownId;
 	mOwnGpgCert.key = newKey;
 	this->passphrase = passphrase;
+	setPGPPassword(passphrase);
 
 	mOwnId = ownId;
 	gpgmeKeySelected = true;
@@ -281,7 +307,9 @@ int	GPGAuthMgr::GPGInit(std::string name, std::string comment,
 	mOwnGpgCert.user.fpr = newKey->subkeys->fpr;
 	mOwnGpgCert.user.id = newKey->subkeys->keyid;
 	mOwnGpgCert.key = newKey;
+
 	this->passphrase = passphrase;
+	setPGPPassword(passphrase);
 
 	mOwnId = mOwnGpgCert.user.id;
 	gpgmeKeySelected = true;
@@ -1017,7 +1045,7 @@ bool GPGAuthMgr::DoOwnSignature(void *data, unsigned int datalen, void *buf_sigo
 	/* now extract the data from gpgmeSig */
 	size_t len = 0; 
 	char *export_sig = gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem(gpgmeSig, &len);
-	fprintf(stderr, "GPGAuthMgr::Signature len: %d \n", len);
+	fprintf(stderr, "GPGAuthMgr::Signature len: %ld \n", len);
 	if (len < *outl)
 	{
 		*outl = len;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.h b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.h
index fe58e6040..a832eba5f 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class GPGAuthMgr: public AuthSSL
 	GPGAuthMgr();
 	~GPGAuthMgr();
 
+	bool 	setPGPPassword(std::string pwd);
+
 	X509* 	SignX509Req(X509_REQ *req, long days, std::string);
 	bool 	AuthX509(X509 *x509);
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authssl.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authssl.cc
index c3e9b525d..9c798215b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authssl.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authssl.cc
@@ -1694,7 +1694,10 @@ bool getX509id(X509 *x509, std::string &xid)
 	unsigned char *signdata = ASN1_STRING_data(signature);
 	
         std::ostringstream id;
-	for(uint32_t i = 0; i < CERTSIGNLEN; i++)
+	/* switched to the other end of the signature. for
+	 * more randomness
+	 */
+	for(uint32_t i = signlen - CERTSIGNLEN; i < signlen; i++)
 	{
 		id << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0') 
 			<< (uint16_t) (((uint8_t *) (signdata))[i]);
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3face-startup.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3face-startup.cc
index 7e8a557f9..5a5aa1b4b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3face-startup.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/p3face-startup.cc
@@ -552,8 +552,14 @@ int RsInit::GetLoginDetails(std::string id, std::string &name, std::string &emai
     #else  // PGP+SSL
 
 	GPGAuthMgr *mgr = (GPGAuthMgr *) getAuthMgr();
-	name = id;
-	email = id;
+	pqiAuthDetails details;
+	if (!mgr->getDetails(id, details))
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	name = details.name;
+	email = details.email;
 
 	return 1;
     #endif
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/scripts/config-macosx.mk b/libretroshare/src/scripts/config-macosx.mk
index 940d96aa1..7aa56d361 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/scripts/config-macosx.mk
+++ b/libretroshare/src/scripts/config-macosx.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ ifndef MAC_I386_BUILD
 endif
 
 # flags for components....
-PQI_USE_XPGP = 1
+#PQI_USE_SSLONLY = 1
+#PQI_USE_XPGP = 1
+
 #PQI_USE_PROXY = 1
 #PQI_USE_CHANNELS = 1
 #USE_FILELOOK = 1
@@ -50,7 +52,11 @@ RANLIB = ranlib
 LIBDIR = $(RS_TOP_DIR)/lib
 LIBRS = $(LIBDIR)/libretroshare.a
 
-INCLUDE = -I $(RS_TOP_DIR) 
+OPT_DIR = /opt/local
+OPT_INCLUDE = $(OPT_DIR)/include
+OPT_LIBS = $(OPT_DIR)/lib
+
+INCLUDE = -I $(RS_TOP_DIR)  -I $(OPT_INCLUDE)
 #CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 
 CFLAGS = -Wall -g
 
@@ -69,13 +75,13 @@ CFLAGS += $(INCLUDE)
 # (but unlikely to work unless Qt Libraries are build properly)
 # CFLAGS += -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk 
 
-
 ifdef PQI_USE_XPGP
-	INCLUDE += -I $(SSL_DIR)/include 
+        INCLUDE += -I $(SSL_DIR)/include
+        CFLAGS += -DPQI_USE_XPGP
 endif
 
-ifdef PQI_USE_XPGP
-	CFLAGS += -DPQI_USE_XPGP
+ifdef PQI_USE_SSLONLY
+        CFLAGS += -DPQI_USE_SSLONLY
 endif
 
 ifdef PQI_USE_PROXY
@@ -136,6 +142,8 @@ ifdef PQI_USE_XPGP
 	LIBS +=  -L$(SSL_DIR) 
   endif
 LIBS +=  -lssl -lcrypto  -lpthread
+LIBS += -L$(OPT_LIBS)
+LIBS +=  -lgpgme -lgpg-error
 LIBS +=  -L$(UPNPC_DIR) -lminiupnpc
 LIBS +=  $(XLIB) -ldl -lz