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Re: [LUG] gnupg and ubuntu 10.04

 


On 23/07/2010 21:40, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I recently installed ubuntu 10.04 on a 2nd hard disk and have also
> installed the password and encryption keys application
> 
> 
> I have copied the contents of .gnupg over to the new installation
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton     63 2009-02-06 18:38 gpg.conf
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton 190032 2010-01-09 20:51 pubring.gpg
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton 190032 2010-01-09 20:51 pubring.gpg~
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton    600 2010-06-14 14:44 random_seed
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton   1320 2009-01-08 19:17 secring.gpg
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton   2120 2010-01-09 20:51 trustdb.gpg
> 
> 
> this directory is located in /home/psutton
> 
> how do I get to the point where I can right click on something and
> encrypt / decrypt files and also sign e-mails as at present when i tried
> i can't sign them. (using thunderbird and enigmail)
> 
> there is a paul sutton.asc file which contains my public key.
> 
> Do I need to import something in to password and encryption keys
> 
> 
> thanks for any pointers.
> 
> It would help if we can have talks on things like this at lug meets.
> 
> 
> Paul
> 

Did you install enigmail from an Ubuntu distro or from the enigmail site.
I find sometimes you need the version specific to the distro
(At least that is so in SuSE)
-- 
Regards
Eion MacDonald

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