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Re: GnuPG problems



On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> $ gpg --with-fingerprint --keyring ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg\~ --no-default-keyring 
> --list-public-keys elphick
> pub  1024R/32B8FAA1 1997-03-25 Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
>      Key fingerprint = 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47  6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47
> 
> pub  1024D/3E1D0C1C 1999-06-02 Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
>      Key fingerprint = CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839  932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C
> sub  1024g/B6140001 1999-06-02
> 
> 1. Is it possible to recover the public key out of the backup file without
>    overwriting everything else?

$ gpg --with-fingerprint --keyring ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg\~ --no-default-keyring 
  --export elphick > gpg.key

$ gpg --import gpg.key
$ rm gpg.key


I think that'll work.


> 2. How could the key have been deleted?

No Idea :)

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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