GnuPG --gen-key batch process?

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Sat Mar 22 16:20:02 2003


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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 11:20:42AM +0100, Holger Sesterhenn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> >for ((k=1; k<=100000; k++))
> >do
> > gpg --gen-key RealName$k $k@null.com CommentKey$1 NoPassPhrase
> >done
> 
> Attached I have a little Bash script (hack!!!!) which does the job for me.
> It works with SuSE Linux.
> 
> Be aware that key creation can take a looooong time. I have done it for 200 
> users and it took > 6 hours on a Pentium III, 500MHz.

Given the speed of your machine, it is likely that what is slowing you
down is the depletion of your entropy pool.  If you keep the machine
busier (type on it, run the disks, etc), you could probably go faster.

David
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