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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tools.texi | 2 |
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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 2b2c564c5..0d7a6331b 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-10-13 Werner Koch <[email protected]> + + * gpgsm.texi (Certificate Management): Explain hot to delete the + secret key. + 2008-10-01 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * tools.texi (Controlling gpg-connect-agent): Describe /datafile. diff --git a/doc/gpgsm.texi b/doc/gpgsm.texi index 9e23ffcb8..d633ec30c 100644 --- a/doc/gpgsm.texi +++ b/doc/gpgsm.texi @@ -224,7 +224,13 @@ checked right before it is used. @item --delete-keys @var{pattern} @opindex delete-keys -Delete the keys matching @var{pattern}. +Delete the keys matching @var{pattern}. Note that there is no command +to delete the secret part of the key directly. In case you need to do +this, you should run the command @code{gpg --dump-secret-keys KEYID} +before you delete the key, copy the string of hex-digits in the +``keygrip'' line and delete the file consisting of these hex-digits +and the suffix @code{.key} from the @file{private-keys-v1.d} directory +below our GnuPG home directory (usually @file{~/.gnupg}). @item --export [@var{pattern}] @opindex export diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi index 10cd86140..fdbabcd4c 100644 --- a/doc/tools.texi +++ b/doc/tools.texi @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ Close the file descriptor @var{fd}. Warning: This command is experimental and might change in future versions. @item /showopen -Show a listy of open files. +Show a list of open files. @item /serverpid Send the Assuan command @command{GETINFO pid} to the server and store |