On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:13:04PM -0700, SatishK wrote: > > We have just installed gnupg-1.4.8 on Sparc/Solaris 10. Is it possible to use > gpg to encrypt a file using private key and passphrase (under program > control) and send it to a remote user ? The remote user should be able to > decrypt the file with the public key sent by us. > > Will appreciate clarification on this.
Why would you want to? Surely you would want to encrypt it with their public key, so that they can decrypt it with their own private key? Otherwise you end up with the old chestnut of key exchange problems (i.e. if you can't get the document to them securely without encrypting it, how do you get the key to them securely?) I suspect that the closest thing to what you want to do is to generate a public/private keypair yourself, and then export the private key: gpg --armor --export-secret-key <keyID> You can then give them this exported secret key. Of course, you need to be very careful about how you transport this secret key around. -- David Smith | Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 Home: +44 (0)1454 616963 STMicroelectronics | Fax: +44 (0)1454 462305 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 642724 1000 Aztec West | TINA: 065 2380 GPG Key: 0xF13192F2 Almondsbury | Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BRISTOL, BS32 4SQ | Home Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
