Hi
I'm new here Sorry to butt in > >For gpg it makes no difference whether the key is on the disk or on >the card. This is because we create a "stub"- secret key for every >card key. gpg -K will show you the serial number of the cards >associated with that secret key. > what is a "stub" secret key ? I thought that If I keep my keyring on a USB drive, there would be *no trace of it* on the Hard Disk Somehow your answer seems to imply that the Hard Disk has some info about keys on other drives TIA Subu >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Werner Koch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:41:24 +0200, Chris said: > >>How can I use the smartcard in KMail? I cannot choose its keys in the >>Identity >>management. > > >Does "gpg -K" list your key? This is what Kmail displays. > >You are using a decent Kmail (with all the crypto tabs in the >configuration dialog and the requirement for gpg-agent)? > >>Using a key from the harddrive does work without problems. > > >For gpg it makes no difference whether the key is on the disk or on >the card. This is because we create a "stub"- secret key for every >card key. gpg -K will show you the serial number of the cards >associated with that secret key. > >If you generated the card key on another machine, please run "gpg >--card-status" once on the new machine to create such a stub key. > > >Shalom-Salam, > > Werner > > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
