Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:27, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Including random_seed? I've always been under the impression that's a big no-no. Well, it is a backup and assumed to be used after a loss of data and not to replicate the data to several sites. random_seed is a cache file to speed up

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
On 11/14/2012 10:52 AM, Werner Koch wrote: On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:27, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Including random_seed? I've always been under the impression that's a big no-no. Well, it is a backup and assumed to be used after a loss of data and not to replicate the data to several

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Johannes Gerer
How do I decrypt my backup in case of a disaster, if the secret key is in the encrypted backup? Am 14.11.2012 11:08 schrieb Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org: On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:27, r...@sixdemonbag.org said: Including random_seed? I've always been under the impression that's a big no-no.

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:34, kue...@googlemail.com said: How do I decrypt my backup in case of a disaster, if the secret key is in the encrypted backup? You surely have your secret key somewhere on a CD or a printout (cf. paperkey), right? Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei.

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:15, kristian.fiskerstr...@sumptuouscapital.com said: Is there any configuration option to force the use of /dev/random? I'm You mena, not to use the seed file? gpg --no-random-seed-file Shalom-Salam, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-14 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
On 11/14/2012 10:03 PM, Werner Koch wrote: On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:15, kristian.fiskerstr...@sumptuouscapital.com said: Is there any configuration option to force the use of /dev/random? I'm You mena, not to use the seed file? gpg --no-random-seed-file I do indeed, thank you :) --

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-13 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:40, melvincarva...@gmail.com said: So I assume when backing up a key you should always back up trustdb too? Yes. Actually eyerything in ~/.gnupg and below should be go into the backup. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-13 Thread Robert J. Hansen
On 11/13/12 12:45 PM, Werner Koch wrote: Yes. Actually eyerything in ~/.gnupg and below should be go into the backup. Including random_seed? I've always been under the impression that's a big no-no. ___ Gnupg-users mailing list

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-12 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:33, melvincarva...@gmail.com said: gpg --import-ownertrust trustdb.gpg That does not work. --import-ownertrust expects the format as produced by --export-ownertrust. What you can do is to put trustdb.gpg into an empty directy and run the export command: cp

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-10 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 8 November 2012 14:01, Werner Koch w...@gnupg.org wrote: On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:37, melvincarva...@gmail.com said: Does anyone know if there's a safe way to recover my web of trust, or should I make an ultimately trusted key first, and start from scratch? ssh otherbox rm

import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-08 Thread Melvin Carvalho
I've just managed to recover my gpg key from an old machine that died. But the trust db was not imported. Does anyone know if there's a safe way to recover my web of trust, or should I make an ultimately trusted key first, and start from scratch? ___

Re: import trustdb.gpg or start from scratch?

2012-11-08 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:37, melvincarva...@gmail.com said: Does anyone know if there's a safe way to recover my web of trust, or should I make an ultimately trusted key first, and start from scratch? ssh otherbox rm .gnupg/trustdb.gpg gpg --export-ownertrust | ssh otherbox gpg