> Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 23:04:27 +0530 > From: shirish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Confusion] distinction between the 2 versions 1.4.6 & > 2.0.3 > To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:18:45 -0700 > > From: Casey Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Confusion] distinction between the 2 versions 1.4.6 & > > 2.0.3 & how to make the key compliant with 2.0.3 > > To: gnupg-users@gnupg.org > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > shirish wrote: > > > > > Also what do u guys think of Mr. Casey Jones, do u think he's right > > > at the above. > > > > Werner posted that the keys should be identical between the versions, so > > I guess my suggestion shouldn't be necessary. Therefore I withdraw my > > suggestion. It still might be worth a try though. Just make sure your > > backups are good before you mess with your key. > > > > Before you do that though, try signing and encrypting a file with gpg > > from the command line and checking to see that it will validate. That > > way you'll know if the problem is gpg or firepg. > > > > First, to verify that you have your keys in an accessible place and to > > remind you what your key ID is: > > gpg --list-keys > > > > Then sign and encrypt to an ascii file using your own key ID when it > > asks for recipient: > > gpg -a -se yourloveletter.txt > > Casey could you give me more precise instructions please. How do I > sign & encrypt to an ascii file using my key ID (public key ID perhaps? ) > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto > > Let's take the e.g. there :- > > gpg: key D8FC66D2 marked as ultimately trusted > public and secret key created and signed. > > pub 1024D/D8FC66D2 2005-09-08 > Key fingerprint = 95BD 8377 2644 DD4F 28B5 2C37 0F6E 4CA6 D8FC 66D2 > uid Dennis Kaarsemaker (Tutorial key) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sub 2048g/389AA63E 2005-09-08 > > > Then see if it works: > > gpg --decrypt yourloveletter.txt.asc > > > > I like to use the -a when testing like this just so it will come out in > > an ascii format that I can enjoy looking at instead of the default > > binary format. > ------------------------------ > > Please lemme know how to proceed further. We can also take this > off-list if you feel to be more appropriate. I don't know how the list > would look at this. > -- > Shirish Agarwal > This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:00:44 -0500 > From: John Clizbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Confusion] distinction between the 2 versions 1.4.6 & > 2.0.3 > To: GnuPG Users <gnupg-users@gnupg.org> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > shirish wrote: > > >> Then sign and encrypt to an ascii file using your own key ID when it > >> asks for recipient: > >> gpg -a -se yourloveletter.txt > > > > Casey could you give me more precise instructions please. How do I > > sign & encrypt to an ascii file using my key ID (public key ID perhaps? ) > > > > > > gpg: key D8FC66D2 marked as ultimately trusted > > public and secret key created and signed. > > gpg -a -se -u 0xD8FC66D2 -r 0xD8FC66D2 yourloveletter.txt > > -u specifies the signing key (same as --local-user) > -r specifies the recipient's key, ie the key to encrypt to > > gpg will ask for your key's passphrase in order to sign the message. > > -u does not need specified if you have set a default-key in gpg.conf. > If default-key is not set and -u is not specified, gpg will use the first key > found in the secret keyring. > > >> Then see if it works: > >> gpg --decrypt yourloveletter.txt.asc > > gpg will ask for your key's passphrase in order to decrypt the message. > > > > -- > John P. Clizbe Inet: John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org > You can't spell fiasco without SCO. PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10/0x18BB373A > "what's the key to success?" / "two words: good decisions." > "what's the key to good decisions?" / "one word: experience." > "how do i get experience?" / "two words: bad decisions." > > "Just how do the residents of Haiku, Hawai'i hold conversations?" > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 662 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > Url : /pipermail/attachments/20070516/0684d671/attachment-0001.pgp
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi John, First of all thank you for your help . I tried with my key id all the combinations gpg -a -se -u 0xD8FC66D2 -r 0xD8FC66D2 yourloveletter.txt but I get gpg: Invalid option "-a-se-u" . I tried both ways using zero (0xkeyid) as well as using alphabet O (oxkeyid) but either way I get the same error gpg: Invalid option "-a-se-u" I also tried with space between gpg and the flags -a-se-u as well as without space gpg -a-se-u (0 or Oxkeyid) as well as gpg-a-se-u which told me the former is the one to be used. Then finally hit a brainwave and did gpg -a -se -u OxD8FC66D2 -r OxD8FC66D2 myloveletter.txt With space between each flag gpg: skipped "OxD8FC66D2": secret key not available gpg: myloveletter.txt: sign+encrypt failed: secret key not available Then I get this error. Can anybody explain me what's going wrong here? I have substituted my keyid with the general keyid. Don't know if its safe to give out my keyid or not? Looking for answers. Thank you all for your time. - -- Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org iD8DBQFGS9kHlQ1T+3KaixcRAuLBAKCNg5XnShCZyrB7XqGvGKRqzQg6UgCeNl62 g4YUxHsw5GcyYhDVYPgnTyc= =LbiK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users