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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-18 14:00:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-24 12:40:11 +0000 |
| commit | 64c15a7e11e82b0aca63a0379350b89ed1be6aa6 (patch) | |
| tree | 8eb792bba117228068a616573822a9d0b36eb18b /doc | |
| parent | Register DCO for Daniel Kahn Gillmor. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-64c15a7e11e82b0aca63a0379350b89ed1be6aa6.tar.gz gnupg-64c15a7e11e82b0aca63a0379350b89ed1be6aa6.zip | |
Reformat README and minor gpg.texi improvement.
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The second thing is to explain the file names below under
~/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/.
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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index b8c4ab1da..0472a4a5d 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -3159,12 +3159,13 @@ files; They all live in in the current home directory (@pxref{option @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. + certificates. The file name corresponds to the OpenPGP fingerprint of + the respective key. 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. |