My Conclusions

[david at gbenet.com]

On 14/11/14 11:56, Nicole Faerber wrote:
> Oh please, I am using gnupg with the same keys on at least five
> machines with no issue.
> 
> I simply copied the .gnupg directory, end of story.
> 
> Cheers
>   nicole
> 
> 
> Am 14.11.2014 um 12:45 schrieb david at gbenet.com:
>> On 14/11/14 11:34, Nicholas Cole wrote:
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry you are having problems, but I think this is just
>>> nonsense. Of course people move keys between machines all the
>>> time.  I have done it myself often.  I don't think that anyone
>>> deserves that level of abuse -- certainly not someone who has put
>>> years of work into a program that is an industry standard and
>>> released it for free.
>>>
>>> Nicholas
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:42 AM, david at gbenet.com
>>> <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> After spending 62 hours on what I thought would be a simple
>>>> task namely to get a fully functioning gnupg mirror on my 64
>>>> bit Linux system - I realise this is an impossible task to do.
>>>> In the past I've ended up creating a new set of certificates -
>>>> but this time round I thought that I would apply some effort.
>>>>
>>>> My conclusion is It IS Impossible To Transfer Your Keys From
>>>> The Same O/S To Another Machine.
>>>>
>>>> There is no one in the entire universe that has ever attempted
>>>> it. And if they have THEY HAVE FAILED. Not one person on this
>>>> list knows how to do it successfully. No one. NOT ONE OF YOU
>>>> can transfer a mirror image of your .gnupg folder and expect it
>>>> to work.
>>>>
>>>> This tells me what I have long suspected - yes it's good at
>>>> encryption and signing but the programme is fundamentally
>>>> flawed as to make it utter crap. My keys are PERFECT but the 
>>>> software is CRAP. Werner Koch knows it's crap. Every one knows
>>>> it's crap.
>>>>
>>>> So, If I want to go on signing and encrypting my emails I HAVE
>>>> TO CREATE ANOTHER SET A BLOODY KEYS!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> I am not a happy bunny!!!
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons,
>>>> no body. Nothing of the kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell
>>>> perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No delusion.”
>>>> https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html - http://gbenet.com
>>>>
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>> I have done everything correctly - and my conclusions are still the
>> same NO ONE HAS EVER SUCCESSFULLY MADE A MIRROR COPY OF THEIR
>> .GNUPG AND HAD A FULLY 100 PER CENT WORKING SIGNING AND ENCRYPTION
>> PROGRAMME THAT WORKS.
> 
>> THERE IS NO CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FROM ANYONE - SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU
>> HAVE NEVER EVER DONE IT.
> 
>> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Viele Grüße
>   nicole faerber
> 
> 
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That does not work

David

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