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[PLUG] gpg using pgp keys (was: getting PGP for Mandrake 8)
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On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 05:18:41PM -0400, Darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:
> On 06/30, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> <cut>
> > I tried GPG but it seemed unwilling to use my existing
> > keyrings...
>
> I've played with quite a lot of keys, and I can't remember ever not being
> able to use a pgp key with gpg.
>
> Did you try:
>
> gpg --import pubring.pgp
> gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import secring.pgp
>
> on your old keyring files ?
>
> What were the problems you had ?
Um, ah, well it appears that using these commands it worked just fine!
It was several weeks ago but I believe I tried to encrypt a file AND
specify the keyring in a single command line... in my defense I was
p.o'd. because pgp would not work so RTFM was lower in the active
queue that it should have been :-)
Thanks for the suggestions!
--
# Eric Allan Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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