-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm having a bit of exporting my seceret key to move to my laptop. I usually us gnu privacy assistant, but it only exports public keys. i read the man page and tried --export-secert-key, but that just gave me gibberish, when i reviewed the file i sent it to. whats the proper method? Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Miverna ~ 10:47am up 16:13, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.25, 0.17 kernel: lp0 on fire! nqs@tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lCJQoS1S7SxfpzwRAtmxAKCPHvjRYqvIm4O1DeuRPyPZvUpJwwCgqt77 JT7FQRzU5wzJokw+6WDEdBM= =nEd+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 October 2003 02:58 pm, Joe Dufresne wrote:
gpgkeys: WARNING: this is an *experimental* HKP interface! gpgkeys: key A12D52ED2C5FA73C not found on keyserver I'm having a bit of exporting my seceret key to move to my laptop. I usually us gnu privacy assistant, but it only exports public keys. i read the man page and tried --export-secert-key, but that just gave me gibberish, when i reviewed the file i sent it to.
whats the proper method?
Add --armor to your command. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lCWj+FOexA3koIgRAtzZAKCJrT7CJ0VhTZqflxkH7JlbwAngMwCeKZeq lLQGsYgxwb7uzR50KCH7PcA= =Vyx1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Joe Dufresne wrote:
I'm having a bit of exporting my seceret key to move to my laptop. I usually us gnu privacy assistant, but it only exports public keys. i read the man page and tried --export-secert-key, but that just gave me gibberish, when i reviewed the file i sent it to.
whats the proper method?
Joe
If I recall correctly, it's
jdl@uyea:~> gpg --list-secret-keys
gpg: NOTE: old default options file `/home/jdl/.gnupg/options' ignored
gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
/home/jdl/.gnupg/secring.gpg
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sec 1024D/17CA2F96 2003-03-23 John D Lamb
On Monday 20 October 2003 12:58, Joe Dufresne wrote:
I'm having a bit of exporting my seceret key to move to my laptop. I usually us gnu privacy assistant, but it only exports public keys. i read the man page and tried --export-secert-key, but that just gave me gibberish, when i reviewed the file i sent it to.
whats the proper method?
Are you just trying to get a copy of your keyring onto the laptop? If so, just copy ~/.gnupg/*.gpg over (and ~/.gnupg/options, if you've customized it). -- Homepage http://scott.exti.net XFce desktop environment http://www.xfce.org Goodies for the XFce desktop http://xfce-goodies.berlios.de
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott Jones wrote: | On Monday 20 October 2003 12:58, Joe Dufresne wrote: | | |>I'm having a bit of exporting my seceret key to move to my laptop. I |>usually us gnu privacy assistant, but it only exports public keys. i |>read the man page and tried --export-secert-key, but that just gave |>me gibberish, when i reviewed the file i sent it to. |> |>whats the proper method? | | | Are you just trying to get a copy of your keyring onto the laptop? If | so, just copy ~/.gnupg/*.gpg over (and ~/.gnupg/options, if you've | customized it). | Yeah, that worked the second go around. due to cost issues I'm running a sneakernet, and the files i copied onto the cdrw were 0 bytes. Joe - -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.4.20-4GB / i686 | Posted from: Dora ~ 10:24pm up 1:12, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.19, 0.10 Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. nqs@tmcom.com | http://tigger.tmcom.com/~nqs/blogger.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/l2cVoS1S7SxfpzwRAjbgAKCuop6UnpFkouBv2l0ldjlqqWhjGACgvLUo 8uHgjhnjh9Tnzh7yw6bSUHw= =r6YC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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