flapflap <flapf...@riseup.net> writes: > Xavier Maillard: >> >> Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net> writes: >> >>> On Wed 2015-02-11 00:41:18 -0500, Xavier Maillard wrote: >>>> May I ask how one would sign public keys when a "master key" is >>>> stored onto an USB stick ? >>>> >>>> So what ? My USB stick is formated using extFat so permissions are >>>> something unknown. >>> >>> The fact that you're using a FAT volume is the root cause here; FAT >>> filesystems do not have ownership or permissions, so when a modern OS >>> mounts them, it has to fake permissions for these files. >> >> Thank you for this precision. Are you aware of some "portable" and >> well supported by the 3-major OSes filesystem type ? > > Since your issue only affects signing of other keys - which normally is > not a daily scenario - what about using a GNU/Linux live system/CD/USB > for that purpose? > That way you can use a normal GNU/Linux supported filesystem and don't > have to worry whether to trust your normal OS or which filesystem is > compatible with all OSses you intend to use.
Good catch. I did something close: refurbished and updated my old slackware GNU/linux system with FUSE exfat support. That does the job ! Thank you for your help. -- Xavier _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users