Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Steve Graegert <graegerts@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/13/05, Steve Graegert <graegerts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/13/05, John R. Sowden <jsowden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am trying to create scripts to encrypt and decrypt text files, but the man
> > pages, as most man pages do, take me about 80% of the way there.
> > Is there a place on the net that explains these commands clearly, or is this
> > part of the open source system to sell books?
>
> Here is what I do from time to time:
>
>         % gpg --output f.txt.gpg -e -r '<name>' f.txt
>         % gpg --output f.txt --decrypt f.txt.gpg
>
> The first command encrypts file f.txt and writes the encrypted text to
> f.txt.gpg.  'name' should be the name you used to create your private
> key. The second command decrypts the same file.  --output lets you
> specify a name for the output file.
>
> The same procedure also works with files encrypted by someone else, as
> long as you have imported the keys:

Oops, there has been a mistake.  This does __not__ work.  Can't
decrypt files encrypted by others, but you can __encrypt__ files with
the public key of someone else (what I actually wanted to say):

         % gpg --output f.txt.gpg -e -r 'trusted@xxxxxxxxx' f.txt

Sorry for the confusion.

	\Steve