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=Links=
 
*[http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/~lockhart/gpg/gpg-cs.html GPG Cheat sheet]
 
= Links =
 
*[https://www.gnupg.org/ https://www.gnupg.org/] Homepage]
*[http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto.html GPG HOWTO]
*[http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/~lockhart/gpg/gpg-cs.html GPG Cheat sheet]  
*[https://devhints.io/gnupg GnuPG cheatsheet]
*[https://www.phildev.net/pgp/gpg_moving_keys.html https://www.phildev.net/pgp/gpg_moving_keys.html]
*[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/digitally-signing-and-encrypting-messages Thunderbird and GPG]
 
= Cheatsheet =
 
== What is my key ID? ==
 
gpg --list-keys you@example.com
 
The bit after the / in the pub line!
 
 
 
== Generate key ==
 
gpg --gen-key
 
 
== Export public key ==
 
gpg --export me@example.com > public.key
 
 
 
== Export private key ==
 
gpg --export-secret-key me@example.com > private.key
 
 
 
== Import private key ==
 
gpg --import private.key
 
== Renewing subkey ==
 
[https://sites.lafayette.edu/newquisk/archives/504 https://sites.lafayette.edu/newquisk/archives/504]
 
==Changing expiration date==
gpg --edit-key me@example.com
gpg> expire
 
 
= FAQ =
 
== gpg: decryption failed: No secret key" ==
 
Means you're using gpg2 --use-agent, which is broken
 
 
 
== gpg: keyserver receive failed: No name ==
 
probably means the key was nog found
 
== gpg: keyserver send failed: No name ==
Try another keyserver
 
== gpg: WARNING: Your encryption subkey expires soon. ==
"expire" is the magic command, probably like
key 1
expire
 
== gpg: Note: secret key XXX expired ==
gpg --edit-key XXX
gpg> expire
 
 
== There is no assurance this key belongs to the named user ==
You probably have serveral keys with same uid, find the key with
gpg --list-keys --keyid-format long
 
 
 
Pass looks at .password-store/.gpg-id
you can put the key you want to use there, instead of the user id
 
==Unusable public key==
Maybe the key expired

Latest revision as of 15:14, 10 September 2024

GNU Privacy Guard


Links

Cheatsheet

What is my key ID?

gpg --list-keys you@example.com

The bit after the / in the pub line!

 

Generate key

gpg --gen-key 
 

Export public key

gpg --export me@example.com > public.key

 

Export private key

gpg --export-secret-key me@example.com > private.key

 

Import private key

gpg --import private.key

Renewing subkey

https://sites.lafayette.edu/newquisk/archives/504

Changing expiration date

gpg --edit-key me@example.com
gpg> expire


FAQ

gpg: decryption failed: No secret key"

Means you're using gpg2 --use-agent, which is broken

 

gpg: keyserver receive failed: No name

probably means the key was nog found

gpg: keyserver send failed: No name

Try another keyserver

gpg: WARNING: Your encryption subkey expires soon.

"expire" is the magic command, probably like

key 1
expire

gpg: Note: secret key XXX expired

gpg --edit-key XXX
gpg> expire


There is no assurance this key belongs to the named user

You probably have serveral keys with same uid, find the key with

gpg --list-keys --keyid-format long


Pass looks at .password-store/.gpg-id you can put the key you want to use there, instead of the user id

Unusable public key

Maybe the key expired