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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-06-25 18:25:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-06-30 14:40:55 +0000 |
| commit | 03018ef9eec75e4d91ea53c95547a77dedef8f80 (patch) | |
| tree | b0d129512c829f5c94f35ce76933861bd44b1d15 /doc | |
| parent | estream: Fix minor glitch in "%.*s" format. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-03018ef9eec75e4d91ea53c95547a77dedef8f80.tar.gz gnupg-03018ef9eec75e4d91ea53c95547a77dedef8f80.zip | |
gpg: Auto-create revocation certificates.
* configure.ac (GNUPG_OPENPGP_REVOC_DIR): New config define.
* g10/revoke.c (create_revocation): Add arg "leadin".
(gen_standard_revoke): New.
* g10/openfile.c (get_openpgp_revocdir): New.
(open_outfile): Add MODE value 3.
* g10/keyid.c (hexfingerprint): New.
* g10/keygen.c (do_generate_keypair): Call gen_standard_revoke.
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GnuPG-bug-id: 1042
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 9c52282cb..5efc16e86 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -3106,6 +3106,15 @@ files; They all live in in the current home directory (@pxref{option @item ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg.lock The lock file for the secret keyring. + @item ~/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/ + This is the directory where gpg stores pre-generated revocation + certificates. It is suggested to backup those certificates and if the + primary private key is not stored on the disk to move them to an + external storage device. Anyone who can access theses files is able to + revoke the corresponding key. You may want to print them out. You + should backup all files in this directory and take care to keep this + backup closed away. + @item /usr[/local]/share/gnupg/options.skel The skeleton options file. |