Re: encrypting a single file
Osamu Aoki, 2002-Nov-07 14:18 -0800:
> > Is there something else that's needed for emacs21? I'm having
> > trouble:
> >
> > $ gpg -c file.txt
> > passphrase: ********
> > reenter : ********
> > $ ls
> > file.txt.gpg
> > $ emacs -nw file.txt.gpg
> >
> > emacs asks for the "encryption key", so I enter the passphrase,
> > because if I hit "return to ignore" is see the scrambled data. After
> > entering the passphrase, emacs reports "Searching for program: no such
> > file or directory, crypt".
>
> Did you make gpg key and made available in your home directory in their
> default location with proper permission. (~/.gnupg/ exist?)
Yes, it exists:
$ ls -la ~/.gnupg/
total 28
drwx------ 2 jeff jeff 4096 Nov 7 13:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 38 jeff jeff 4096 Nov 7 13:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 4342 Nov 7 13:08 gpg.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 4342 Nov 7 13:07 options
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeff jeff 0 Nov 7 13:07 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 jeff jeff 600 Nov 7 13:18 random_seed
-rw------- 1 jeff jeff 0 Nov 7 13:07 secring.gpg
However, I have not generated a key pair. Do I need that to
encyrpt/decrypt local files?
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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