group options

[David Shaw]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 01:43:38PM -0500, DBSMITH at OhioHealth.com wrote:
> > I use PGP to encrypt data for sending to various end users by
> > encrypting files using their public key they have provided.  To make
> > it possible for me to associate their key with a meaningful user_id
> > , I use the PGP --group-add option to create a group name containing
> > a meaninful user_id and then add their public key to the group.
> > Now, I can call --encrypt with the meaningful user_id, instad of
> > having to use the actual key id.  I'm looking for a similar "alias"
> > functionality in GPG but I can't find anything that works quite like
> > that.  The adduid command requires that I have the private key also
> > that goes with the public key I want to associate with a meaningful
> > user_id.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a solution that is part of the GPG
> > functionality?
> 
> Yes, there is a --group command.  Stick in your gpg.conf file:
> 
> group name_you_want_to_use = keyid1 keyid2 keyid3 keyid4
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> I tried this and the error I am getting is:
> 
> gpg: no = sign found in group definition "HlthStream"
> 
> 
> my conf file is
> 
> group HlthStream = keyid1 keyid2
> no-tty
> no-secmem-warning
> no-mdc-warning

I tried this using your conf file with both 1.4.0, and 1.2.8.  It
works fine for me.

David