Revision as of 20:09, 25 January 2009

You can use kmail and gpg to send encrypted or digitally signed mail. To do this, there are the buttons "sign" and "encrypt" in the kmail compose window. It appears if you click on "File|New|New message".

How to...

Import a saved keyring

If you have a keyring saved to your disk, reload ("import") it like this:

cat secring.skr | gpg --import

Then call kgpg and set your trust on your private key to ultimate.

TroubleShooting

Whatever problems arise, first make sure your gpg is properly set up:

List your keys

gpg --list-keys

Has to deliver something like a sensible list of keys.

Check the output of

gpg --update-trustdb

In case of a problem look at the below.

no ultimately trusted keys found

If

gpg --update-trustdb

delivers

gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found

Call kgpg and set the trust of your private key to ultimate.

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 You can use kmail and gpg to send encrypted or digitally signed mail. To do this, there are the buttons "sign" and "encrypt" in the kmail compose window. It appears if you click on "File|New|New message".
+= How to... =
+== Import a saved keyring ==
+If you have a keyring saved to your disk, reload ("import") it like this:
+ cat secring.skr | gpg --import
+Then call kgpg and set your trust on your private key to ultimate.
 = TroubleShooting =
 Whatever problems arise, first make sure your gpg is properly set up:
+* List your keys
   gpg --list-keys
-Has to deliver something like
+: Has to deliver something like a sensible list of keys.
- /root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
- ------------------------
- pub   1024R/307E3D54 2006-03-21 [expires: 2010-05-05]
- uid                  SuSE Package Signing Key <[email protected]>
- pub   1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 [expires: 2010-05-05]
- uid                  SuSE Package Signing Key <[email protected]>
-and much more lines.
-Check that
+* Check the output of
   gpg --update-trustdb
-does not deliver
+: In case of a problem look at the below.
+== no ultimately trusted keys found ==
+If
+ gpg --update-trustdb
+delivers
   gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
+Call kgpg and set the trust of your private key to '''ultimate'''.
-If you have a keyring saved to your disk, reload ("import") it like this:
- cat secring.skr | gpg --import
-Then call kgpg and set your trust on this key to ultimate.