group options

[DBSMITH at OhioHealth.com]

Well maybe it ia a version isue then b/c I am running 1.2.1 on AIX 5.2.
What is the latest for AIX 5.2 and do I need to just replace the binary
with a newer one for an upgrade, or recompile everything all over again?

Derek B. Smith
OhioHealth IT
UNIX / TSM / EDM Teams




                                                                           
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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

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