Importing non-self-signed keys

Dave Harvill dlh@zns.acu.cs.umb.edu
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 15:15:09 -0400 (EDT)


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On 11 Sep 1999, Graham Murray wrote:


> > --allow-non-selfsigned-uid
>
> I am having the same problem, and I *have* tried this solution and it
> does *not* work.
>
> The following output shows the problem:-
>
> > gpg --allow-non-selfsigned-uid --import sher.asc
> gpg: key 34D6A5FD: no valid user IDs
> gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg: w/o user IDs: 1
>
I tried the same thing, and it /did/ work. I got the key straight from the server, and used the key ID that was seen in your post. I also have the 'allow..' line in my ~/.gnupg/optins file. I don't know if maybe that is difference enough. Command and output follow: dlh@zns:~> gpg --keyserver pgp.ai.mit.edu --allow-non-selfsigned-uid - --recv-key 34D6A5FD gpg: requesting key 34D6A5FD from pgp.ai.mit.edu ... gpg: key 34D6A5FD: accepted non self-signed user ID 'Sherilyn <sherilyn@sidaway. demon.co.uk>' gpg: key 34D6A5FD: accepted non self-signed user ID 'Sherilyn <sherilyn@sidaway. screaming.net>' gpg: key 34D6A5FD: public key imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
> subsequent to this, gpg --list-keys does not list the key.
Again, mine does. (probably simply because the above worked for me) dlh@zns:~> gpg --list-key 34D6A5FD pub 1024R/34D6A5FD 1999-07-17 Sherilyn <sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk> uid Sherilyn <sherilyn@sidaway.screaming.net> - -dave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dlh@acu.cs.umb.edu http://www.cs.umb.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE32qpDkk29ehvsO3kRAttYAKChWO7JMNb6C8w7siSAEn9OZZSxawCfeq7y xSD0kZUtXHZvMXhqCKLqEr4= =PjXA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----