That worked. Thanks a lot! Rgds Richard
On Do, 2012-08-30 at 10:48 +0200, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 30/08/12 10:25, Richi Lists wrote: > > Using the primary key was what I tried first. But when I saw the error > > message "signing failed", I thought I'd have to force the proper signing > > subkey, like I have to do for signing emails. > > > > My setup is more or less the following: > > http://wiki.fsfe.org/Card_howtos/Card_with_subkeys_using_backups > > with the addition of a sub key for ssh authentication: > > http://www.programmierecke.net/howto/gpg-ssh.html -> section "with > > smartcard (openpgp)" > > The thing is that for a new UID, you need the, what they call, master key. > That > would be the primary key. So when you followed the instructions under the > heading "Remove the master key from the keyring", you where after that unable > to > use your master/primary key to create a new UID. > > So you go back a little in the document to the part where you had your USB > stick > with the primary key and all subkeys guarded by Orcs or some other fearsome > creature. Plead with the creature to have your USB stick back, once again > follow > the section "Go offline", import your primary key from the USB stick (wipe > away > the Orc spittle before inserting; ignore the chew marks on the protective > cap). > > After you have created the new UID with the primary key and exported the whole > to the USB stick, re-remove the primary key from the system. > > Oh, by the way, the reason you need the exclamation mark to specify which key > to > use to sign is because you have two signing keys. Apparently GnuPG tries it > with > the one you don't have the secret part for if you don't give the exclamation > mark. But bear in mind the difference between a signature on a key(/UID) and > on > data. The signing subkey is for signatures on data. > > Good luck, > > Peter. > _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
