Got it thanks Sven.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Sven Radde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Elmer Espinosa schrieb: > > I used the command gpg -s file to encrypt the file. > First of all, I am not quite sure whether you just spelled it wrongly > here or whether you made a potentially serious mistake. > > "gpg -s" does *not* encrypt. It signs your file. "gpg -e" encrypts. > While the outputs of both operations result in a "scrambled" file (that > look pretty "encrypted" for a newbie), the signed one can be opened by > anyone with access to your public key. An encrypted one can be opened > only by using the private keys of the intended recipient(s). You may > have noticed that you were not asked for your passphrase during your > decryption attempts... > > to decrpyt the file I used gpg -d file, but the output appear only in > > the command prompt I was to save it in my local disk > Try "gpg -d $file > $filename-to-save-it-under". Or "gpg -d -o > $filename-to-save-it-under $file". > You don't have to use the "-d" at all, as GnuPG defaults to the right > operation (decrypting an encrypted file, verifying a signature, ...). > Just try "gpg file". > > HTH, Sven >
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