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[Nils Ellmenreich]

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Hi all,

here's a question that reached me concerning Q 4.13 of the FAQ (using
GnuPG in an automated environment). As I have no experience with this -
is there someone who can help Joe and (if necessary) provide an update
for the FAQ?

Thanks,
Nils


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From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@isite.net>
To: nils@gnupg.org
Subject: procedure in GnuPG FAQ 4.13 doesn't appear to work; or I'm missing ;(
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:47:15 -0700

* Note -- I have and use GPG quite a bit, this isn't a novice question.

I've followed the instructions in section 4.13 of the FAQ, but it doesn't
appear to work properly.  The --export-secret-subkeys appears to remove the
secret part of the key (manpage documents this) which makes signing
impossible.

Am I overlooking a step here, or ...?

gpg --edit mykey
> addkey
	enter passphrase
	DSA
	1024
	0
> save

mkdir testing
cd testing
cp ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg .
gpg --export-secret-subkeys --no-comment mykey > secring.gpg
gpg --homedir . --edit mykey
> key 2 (new key
> passwd
	enter passphrase
	enter nothing
	enter nothing
	yes I really want this
> key 2 

# delete the unused subkey as you suggested
> key 1
> delkey
> save

gpg -r jrhett@isite.net -u webmaster@isite.net --sign --encrypt
gpg: secret key parts are not available
gpg: skipped `webmaster@isite.net': general error
gpg: signing failed: general error

What did I miss here?

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Nils Ellmenreich, Lst. f. Programmierung, Universitaet Passau, Germany

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