[SOLVED] Looking for suggestions for encryption

beachboy2 · 03-03-2016, 01:16 PM

Gregg,

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ROFL Am I turning into LQ's version of "Annoying Man"?

On the advice of my attorney I decline to answer that question.

Gregg Bell · 03-04-2016, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sgosnell

Add the line

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default-recipient username

anywhere in the file.

The username you use is the user you log in with. Not the computer name, your personal username. It may be greg, it may be sunshine, I have no idea. Run the command "users" in a terminal, and it will tell you. Assuming your username is greg, use the following line:

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default-recipient greg

Your public key should not be named "public key". Use gpa key manager to export it to a file. You'll be prompted for a filename.

BTW, those German references are certificates that have been installed. Ignore them for now.

Okay, got through everything good. I think I took it as far as I could. Added the recipient line to the file using Nano. Saved it. Exited.

Then I tried: gpg -e filename (with my file name, of course). Then I got:

--No such user ID
--current recipients
--Enter the user ID. End with an empty line.

I put my user ID in and skipped a space but it just kept giving me the same thing.

I figure it was just because the terminal didn't have my public key.

And I changed the name (I didn't regenerate a new public key I just changed the file name from "public key" to something else) of the public key file.

So now I get the public key into the terminal somehow or what?

Thanks.

Gregg Bell · 03-04-2016, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by beachboy2

Gregg,

On the advice of my attorney I decline to answer that question.

Ha ha. The question is why do you have an attorney? Up to no good?

sgosnell · 03-04-2016, 10:17 AM

You need to configure gpg properly. You can do that via gpa. Another fix would be to edit gpg.conf again, and instead of the default recipient, add a default key. You can get your key id from the gpa key manager or from the command line with

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gpg --list-keys

It may be time to start reading some man pages.

Gregg Bell · 03-04-2016, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sgosnell

You need to configure gpg properly. You can do that via gpa. Another fix would be to edit gpg.conf again, and instead of the default recipient, add a default key. You can get your key id from the gpa key manager or from the command line with

Code:

gpg --list-keys

It may be time to start reading some man pages.

Thanks sgosnell. Yeah, I've been skating on thin ice trying to do all this stuff without a base of knowledge or basic understanding. It's like one false move and I'm stymied. I'll study it some more on my own and come back to the forum if I have more questions. In the meantime I think it's time to give this thread a rest. Thanks so much. I have learned an absolute ton from from you and really appreciate it!