From 64c15a7e11e82b0aca63a0379350b89ed1be6aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:00:34 +0200 Subject: Reformat README and minor gpg.texi improvement. -- The second thing is to explain the file names below under ~/.gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/. --- doc/gpg.texi | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3