On 05/20/2013 08:57 PM, Bettina Huber wrote: > Been told I now have to use this to develop keys and sign a file that gets > ftp'd > to the bank. We do not need to encrypt the file. Have read some of the > documentation, but understand very little of it - I can do basic commands, > but > nothing fancy, and have simply not heard of most of the terminology thrown > around there. I figured I'd do it one step at a time and eventually get it. > > I downloaded 2.0 and it is now in my /usr/local/bin directory. The directory > location was a total guess - can't find any documentation saying where it > should > go. We run AIX 6.1.
This is probably just the source code and if it is then it should be put into the /usr/local/src folder. > File name is: gnupg-2.0.20.tar.bz2 > > Command used to unpack: tar xvjf gnupg-2.0.20.tar.bz2 YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU! I think you are also going to need a RNG (Random Number Generator) on AIX. You may want to sign it on some other system other than AIX? I am suggesting this is the EASY way to do it. It is the way I would do it and I am a very good sysadmin. Usually, I use a "-" in front of the options but unless AIX has provided support for bzip2 you don't have it. The "x" stands for extract, the "v" means verbose, the "j' means bzip2, and the 'f' means the file is specified next. If you have man pages set up a "man tar" will give you all of the options. To find if you have bzip2, in a terminal type: which bzip2 which bunzip2 If you get nothing back then bzip2 isn't on your system. perzl.org has provided lots of things, but no updates to gnupg since 2.0.13. But that does handle your needs and is available in binary form. Just remember you may still have to set up a RNG (Random Number Generator). http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Updates.Updates-2009 http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Gnupg2 http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Gcc http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Bzip2 I would advise installing bzip2 but even after it is installed your tar may not support an integrated bzip2 (the 'j' flag). In that case the above file could still be extracted with: bzip2 -dc gnupg-2.0.20.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf - # or if you don't need a list: bzip2 -dc gnupg-2.0.20.tar.bz2 | tar -xf - bullfreewahre has some things for AIX 5.1: http://www.bullfreeware.com/index2.php?page=lppaix51 I would go with the bzip2 binary or just zip the folder with the files using zip or what they can handle. Then I would transfer the zipped file to a Linux or protected Windows system and sign the files there. Believe me, it would be far easier to set up your OpenPGP keys with GnuPG on either Linux or Windows and do it that way. Even if you do it from AIX later, you can still export your keys from Windows or Linux and import them on AIX. But setting up GnuPG even from binaries is NOT trivial on AIX. Once you have it set up though, it is just as easy to use GnuPG on AIX as it is on Windows or Linux. If you still want to create it from source Here are the tools you will need at a minimum for making gnupg from source for AIX: gcc automake autoconf m4 gettext If you are a real good sysadmin and still want to go this way, contact me and I will help as much as I can but remember that I don't have an AIX system in front of me. Also, many production AIX systems are not supposed to have gcc on them because that may violate either company or country regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley or HIPAA, I will also take it out of group since it is non-gnupg. Since AIX probably does not have a RNG you will need to set that up too. I think it would actually be easier to generate your keys on Windows or Linux and tranfer them to AIX if you MUST sign the file(s) on AIX. You are biting off a lot of work to put GnuPG on AIX anyway and doing it from source is difficult. But if you still want to create it from source, contact me personally since most of this is AIX specific and only incidentally related to GnuPG. Are you sure the files must be signed on AIX? Putting GnuPG on AIX is not trivial, especially if the binary package doesn't provide some way to set up a RNG. OTOH, if the binary install also sets up the RNG ... go right ahead. hhhobbit _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
