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@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ abbreviated -o) is an option that takes a filename. The option's argument must follow immediately after the option itself, otherwise gpg doesn't know which option the argument is supposed to go with. As an option, --output and - its filename must come before the command. The --remote-user (-r) option takes + its filename must come before the command. The --recipient (-r) option takes a name or keyid to encrypt the message to, which must come right after the -r argument. The --encrypt (or -e) command comes after all the options followed by the file you wish to encrypt. So use @@ -241,22 +241,22 @@ If you write the options out in full, it is easier to read - gpg --remote-user alice --output secret.txt --encrypt test.txt + gpg --recipient alice --output secret.txt --encrypt test.txt If you're saving it in a file called ".txt" then you'd probably expect to see ASCII-armored text in there, so you need to add the --armor (-a) option, which doesn't take any arguments. - gpg --armor --remote-user alice --output secret.txt --encrypt test.txt + gpg --armor --recipient alice --output secret.txt --encrypt test.txt If you imagine square brackets around the optional parts, it becomes a bit clearer: - gpg [--armor] [--remote-user alice] [--output secret.txt] --encrypt test.txt + gpg [--armor] [--recipient alice] [--output secret.txt] --encrypt test.txt The optional parts can be rearranged any way you want. - gpg --output secret.txt --remote-user alice --armor --encrypt test.txt + gpg --output secret.txt --recipient alice --armor --encrypt test.txt If your filename begins with a hyphen (e.g. "-a.txt"), gnupg assumes this is an option and may complain. To avoid this you have either to use @@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ other keys. "validity", or calculated trust, is a value which says how much GnuPG thinks a key is valid (that it really belongs to the one who claims to be the owner of the key). - For more see the chapter "The Web of Trust" in the - Manual [gpg: Oops: Internal error: manual not found - sorry] + For more see the chapter "The Web of Trust" in the Manual Q: How do I interpret some of the informational outputs? A: While checking the validity of a key, GnuPG sometimes prints @@ -340,5 +339,6 @@ A: There is a script in the tools directory to help you: After you have imported the PGP keyring you can give this command: $ lspgpot pgpkeyring | gpg --import-ownertrust - + where pgpkeyring is the original keyring and not the GnuPG one you + might have created in the first step. |