hello dear all - good day dear linux experts.
i am running openSuse with kgpg: and i am very happy with this.
today i want to create some keys…
well i c an - afaik - do this with the kgpg
but if i do so .suddenly the terminal opens.
okay - so far so good;
i have the following options:
to create a key:
gpg --gen-key
generally you can select the defaults.
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to export a public key into file public.key:**
gpg --export -a “User Name” > public.key
This will create a file called public.key with the ascii representation of the public key for User Name. This is a variation on:
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gpg --export**
which by itself is basically going to print out a bunch of **** to your screen. I recommend against doing this.
gpg --export -a “User Name”
prints out the public key for User Name to the command line, which is only semi-useful
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to export a private key:**
gpg --export-secret-key -a “User Name” > private.key
This will create a file called private.key with the ascii representation of the private key for User Name.
It’s pretty much like exporting a public key, but you have to override some default protections. There’s a note (*) at the bottom explaining why you may want to do this.
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to import a public key:**
gpg --import public.key
This adds the public key in the file “public.key” to your public key ring.
that said -
what happens if i create a key -
then it exists somewhere on the machine - or not!?
what do i need to do to add it to the kgpg system?
I need to have a tipp - do you have an idea!?