On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:15, shm...@riseup.net said: > how can i mandatorily specify using other subkeys for the same primary > key for 's' or 'e' either on command line or in an email client for > example ?
fortune | gpg -ea -r '12345678!' assuming 12345678 is the subkeys' keyid. Same for -u. > how do i determine which key was used for encrypt ? gpg -v Combined example: $ fortune | gpg --no-options --always-trust -ea -r 4ECFEF6F\! | gpg -v gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) gpg: public key is 4ECFEF6F gpg: using subkey 4ECFEF6F instead of primary key CD8687F6 You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Heinrich Heine <heinri...@duesseldorf.de>" gpg: using subkey 4ECFEF6F instead of primary key CD8687F6 1024-bit ELG-E key, ID 4ECFEF6F, created 2006-01-17 (main key ID CD8687F6) gpg: gpg-agent is not available in this session gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit ELG-E key, ID 4ECFEF6F, created 2006-01-17 "Heinrich Heine <heinri...@duesseldorf.de>" gpg: AES256 encrypted data gpg: original file name='' You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach. > is there a reference for the numerical values of version, hash, cipher, > algo, sk2, etc ? --list-packets is a debugging aid and thus you need to look at the source or doc/DETAILS for some of these values. However, most of these numbers are specified in RFC-4880. Shalom-Salam, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users