# help..txt - GnuPG online help

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# Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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# This file is part of GnuPG.

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# GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or

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# (at your option) any later version.

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#

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# GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the

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# GNU General Public License for more details.

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#

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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

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# along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

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.#gpg.edit_ownertrust.value

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It's up to you to assign a value here; this value will never be exported

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to any 3rd party. We need it to implement the web-of-trust; it has nothing

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to do with the (implicitly created) web-of-certificates.

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.#gpg.edit_ownertrust.set_ultimate.okay

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To build the Web-of-Trust, GnuPG needs to know which keys are

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ultimately trusted - those are usually the keys for which you have

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access to the secret key. Answer "yes" to set this key to

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ultimately trusted

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.#gpg.untrusted_key.override

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If you want to use this untrusted key anyway, answer "yes".

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.#gpg.pklist.user_id.enter

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Enter the user ID of the addressee to whom you want to send the message.

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.#gpg.keygen.algo

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Select the algorithm to use.

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DSA (aka DSS) is the Digital Signature Algorithm and can only be used

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for signatures.

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Elgamal is an encrypt-only algorithm.

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RSA may be used for signatures or encryption.

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The first (primary) key must always be a key which is capable of signing.

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.#gpg.keygen.algo.rsa_se

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In general it is not a good idea to use the same key for signing and

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encryption. This algorithm should only be used in certain domains.

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Please consult your security expert first.

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.#gpg.keygen.size

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Enter the size of the key

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.#gpg.keygen.size.huge.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keygen.size.large.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keygen.valid

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Enter the required value as shown in the prompt.

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It is possible to enter a ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) but you won't

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get a good error response - instead the system tries to interpret

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the given value as an interval.

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.#gpg.keygen.valid.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keygen.name

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Enter the name of the key holder

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.#gpg.keygen.email

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please enter an optional but highly suggested email address

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.#gpg.keygen.comment

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Please enter an optional comment

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.#gpg.keygen.userid.cmd

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N to change the name.

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C to change the comment.

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E to change the email address.

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O to continue with key generation.

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Q to to quit the key generation.

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.#gpg.keygen.sub.okay

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Answer "yes" (or just "y") if it is okay to generate the sub key.

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.#gpg.sign_uid.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.sign_uid.class

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When you sign a user ID on a key, you should first verify that the key

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belongs to the person named in the user ID. It is useful for others to

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know how carefully you verified this.

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"0" means you make no particular claim as to how carefully you verified the

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key.

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"1" means you believe the key is owned by the person who claims to own it

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but you could not, or did not verify the key at all. This is useful for

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a "persona" verification, where you sign the key of a pseudonymous user.

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"2" means you did casual verification of the key. For example, this could

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mean that you verified the key fingerprint and checked the user ID on the

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key against a photo ID.

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"3" means you did extensive verification of the key. For example, this could

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mean that you verified the key fingerprint with the owner of the key in

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person, and that you checked, by means of a hard to forge document with a

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photo ID (such as a passport) that the name of the key owner matches the

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name in the user ID on the key, and finally that you verified (by exchange

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of email) that the email address on the key belongs to the key owner.

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Note that the examples given above for levels 2 and 3 are *only* examples.

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In the end, it is up to you to decide just what "casual" and "extensive"

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mean to you when you sign other keys.

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If you don't know what the right answer is, answer "0".

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.#gpg.change_passwd.empty.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keyedit.save.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keyedit.cancel.okay

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Answer "yes" or "no"

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.#gpg.keyedit.sign_all.okay

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Answer "yes" if you want to sign ALL the user IDs

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.#gpg.keyedit.remove.uid.okay

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Answer "yes" if you really want to delete this user ID.

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All certificates are then also lost!

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.#gpg.keyedit.remove.subkey.okay

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Answer "yes" if it is okay to delete the subkey

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.#gpg.keyedit.delsig.valid

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This is a valid signature on the key; you normally don't want

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to delete this signature because it may be important to establish a

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trust connection to the key or another key certified by this key.

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.#gpg.keyedit.delsig.unknown

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This signature can't be checked because you don't have the

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corresponding key. You should postpone its deletion until you

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know which key was used because this signing key might establish

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a trust connection through another already certified key.

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.#gpg.keyedit.delsig.invalid

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The signature is not valid. It does make sense to remove it from

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your keyring.

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.#gpg.keyedit.delsig.selfsig

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This is a signature which binds the user ID to the key. It is

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usually not a good idea to remove such a signature. Actually

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GnuPG might not be able to use this key anymore. So do this

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only if this self-signature is for some reason not valid and

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a second one is available.

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.#gpg.keyedit.updpref.okay

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Change the preferences of all user IDs (or just of the selected ones)

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to the current list of preferences. The timestamp of all affected

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self-signatures will be advanced by one second.

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.#gpg.passphrase.enter

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Please enter the passphrase; this is a secret sentence

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.#gpg.passphrase.repeat

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Please repeat the last passphrase, so you are sure what you typed in.

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.#gpg.detached_signature.filename

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Give the name of the file to which the signature applies

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.#gpg.openfile.overwrite.okay

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Answer "yes" if it is okay to overwrite the file

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.#gpg.openfile.askoutname

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Please enter a new filename. If you just hit RETURN the default

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file (which is shown in brackets) will be used.

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.#gpg.ask_revocation_reason.code

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You should specify a reason for the certification. Depending on the

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context you have the ability to choose from this list:

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"Key has been compromised"

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Use this if you have a reason to believe that unauthorized persons

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got access to your secret key.

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"Key is superseded"

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Use this if you have replaced this key with a newer one.

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"Key is no longer used"

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Use this if you have retired this key.

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"User ID is no longer valid"

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Use this to state that the user ID should not longer be used;

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this is normally used to mark an email address invalid.

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.#gpg.ask_revocation_reason.text

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If you like, you can enter a text describing why you issue this

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revocation certificate. Please keep this text concise.

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An empty line ends the text.

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# Local variables:

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# mode: fundamental

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# coding: utf-8

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# End:

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