Bug#251342: kgpg shows private (not public) key fingerprint
reopen 251342
severity 251342 normal
retitle 251342 kgpg: shows wrong fingerprint if --fingerprint is in config file
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* Andrea Borgia [Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:14:11 +0200]:
> Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > if you're not seeing your fingerprint, please provide more information
> > about what are you seeing.
k, now I understand and you're right. I was misled by the bug title,
in which you wrote "private" instead of "subkey".
thanks,
> This is the info about my key:
> -cut-cut
> andrea@clarisse:~$ gpg --list-keys --finger andrea@borgia.bo.it
> pub 1024D/83566359 2004-05-05 Andrea Borgia <andrea@borgia.bo.it>
> Key fingerprint = CEF6 7F3B 0832 65C7 EC63 8B37 79B4 29C0 8356 6359
> sub 1024g/ED5CD880 2004-05-05 [expires: 2005-05-05]
> Key fingerprint = 3879 74C9 6E8E BA70 CEFA 7B3E 5EA0 FBE4 ED5C D880
> -cut-cut-
> If I open the key properties window in kgpg, I see this fingerprint:
> 3879 74C9 6E8E BA70 CEFA 7B3E 5EA0 FBE4 ED5C D880
> That is, I get the subkey fingerprint instead of the main key fingerprint.
> Happens with your key, too, the properties window shows:
> 82B9 F1FB 5764 0E9F DBAF AB69 B721 B039 B9D4 F517
> instead of:
> 7F9A D2AD CD37 37FD 60FD 0A11 4F1A 998E DA6A E621
> So... it doesn't happen to you, it happens to me... must be a config
> issue, then.
> I just discovered the culprit is the "fingerprint" option in the
> configuration file: kgpg simply grabs the last line containing
> "fingerprint", instead of the first one! Commenting it out changes the
> data in the properties window, too!
> I guess kgpg should either be changed to grep the first fingerprint or
> should sanitize the options passed to gpg.
> BR,
> Andrea.
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