-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 bjr149 wrote: > I am very new to PGP. I understand the concept of a public key and a private > key. > > I worked with a client who sent me their public key which was a nice text > file. Im trying to export my public key to a text file but everytime I run > it I get a bunch of jumble garbage. > > C:\GNU\GnuPG>gpg --export "key name" > C:\GNU\GnuPG\public.key > > I tried to pass the -a parameter with a username but that didnt work either. > I guess im also not sure what user name should go there? > > Can you have more than one key with the same name and a different user name? > > In my pubring and secring there are keys. I want to be able to extact them > so I can send someone my public key. > > Thanks.
I use gpg --export --armour KEY-NAME > my-pub-key.asc You can have different keys with the same name but different email addresses Hope this help Sean -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Gossamer Spider Web of Trust: http://www.gswot.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJmPqDif86V/dzTsRA/bsAJ9QfwPKm6M4m3w2ib8VCJTdHpeocgCeL7zX p+op4uwt7Rxf0AQmd/M1Nfs= =naq1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
