Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-12 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:23, hhhob...@securemecca.net said: > replace some of the bytes (actually nibbles). The reason why again > I when I omitted the random_seed file gnupg (1 or 2) would NOT just > create the file. I imagine it would if I used the keys on Windows If gpg terminates properly it

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-11 Thread eMyListsDDg
Hello Henry & Johan, appreciate your advice. and a lot of information you took the time to write. i think i mentioned i found the error, more or less my own eyes and the size of the text in my pw database. one char off resembling another. i doubt i would have found that error if not for your h

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-11 Thread Johan Wevers
On 11-07-2013 18:14, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: >> from:C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\gnupg >> to: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\gnupg\ > That is the correct folder. I have no idea on what Windows > 7 does with the Documents and Settings folder That directory doesn't exists in

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-11 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/08/2013 03:42 AM, eMyListsDDg wrote: > Hello Henry, > i copied the 32-bit XP gnupg dir contents to this dir on Win 7-64bit > > from:C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\gnupg > > to: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\gnupg\ > That is the correct folder. I have no idea on what Wi

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-11 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 11/07/13 16:23, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: > I imagine it would if I used the keys on Windows > for either signing or enciphering it may have created the random_seed > file but since I but I don't use them that way but only for verifying > detached signature files for what ever reason they never

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-11 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/08/2013 09:22 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: > On 07/07/13 21:53, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: >> I did the same there but I do modify the random_seed file with hexedit for >> each key-ring which some people object to. From my point of view that is far >> better than just having each key-ring having

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-08 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 07/07/13 21:53, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: > I did the same there but I do modify the random_seed file with hexedit for > each key-ring which some people object to. From my point of view that is far > better than just having each key-ring having the same random_seed file. As one of the people

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-07 Thread eMyListsDDg
Hello Henry, > On 07/07/2013 03:10 AM, eMyListsDDg wrote: >> now i'm finding out after moving from XP to Win7 that i can't >> edit my keys or decrypt email test messages. >> the passphrases to decrypt i have aren't working from command >> line or my email app. >> during migration i copied all

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-07 Thread eMyListsDDg
Hello Johan, i checked that. chars are typing correctly. i keep all passwords in a password database. i copied/pasted & typed what i thought should be the correct passphrase. gpg2 returns "invalid". keyboard is a new microsoft sidewinder x4 but chars/keys are mapping fine with it. appreciat

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-07 Thread Johan Wevers
On 7-7-2013 5:10, eMyListsDDg wrote: > now i'm finding out after moving from XP to Win7 that i can't edit my keys or > decrypt email test messages. Perhaps you accidentily changed the keyboard layout? Non-US versions of windows activate those pesky "dead keys" by default. Even Ubuntu seems to d

Re: not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-07 Thread Henry Hertz Hobbit
On 07/07/2013 03:10 AM, eMyListsDDg wrote: > now i'm finding out after moving from XP to Win7 that i can't > edit my keys or decrypt email test messages. > > the passphrases to decrypt i have aren't working from command > line or my email app. > > during migration i copied all the files from > \

not recognizing my passphrase after moving from XP to Win7

2013-07-06 Thread eMyListsDDg
now i'm finding out after moving from XP to Win7 that i can't edit my keys or decrypt email test messages. the passphrases to decrypt i have aren't working from command line or my email app. during migration i copied all the files from \\gnupg dir on XP to my new machine. is there command li