fingerprint of key

[Duane Whitty]

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On 17-08-14 12:14 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On Mon 2017-08-14 03:32:08 -0300, Duane Whitty wrote:
>> I was recently trying to compare the fingerprint of a key I
>> downloaded to its online stated value.  I thought I should be
>> able to accomplish my goal with "gpg --fingerprint
>> public-key-file.asc".  Gpg returned "gpg: error reading key: No
>> public key"
> 
> "gpg --fingerprint" displays the fingerprint of a key that is
> already in the user's keyring.
> 
> you'll need to "gpg --import public-key-file.asc" first, and then
> ask for its fingerprint, especially with older versions of gnupg.
> 
> If you really want to isolate the imported key, you can use an
> ephemeral GNUPGHOME directory, like so:
> 
> export GNUPGHOME=$(mktemp -d) gpg --import < public-key-file.asc 
> gpg --fingerprint rm -rf $GNUPGHOME
> 
> with more modern versions of gnupg, you can just use:
> 
> gpg --with-fingerprint --import-options show-only --import <
> public-key-file.asc
> 
> hth,
> 
> --dkg
> 
Hi Daniel,

Thanks for your response.  So, what you are saying is that the man
page is wrong ;-)

Best Regards,
Duane

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Duane Whitty
duane at nofroth.com
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