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badp
Asked: 2011-11-20 06:14:54 +0800 CST

How do you encrypt and decrypt files using your keychain?

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Remember this little guy over here?

He's no longer with us in Ubuntu 11.10. Now, a friend's sent me an encrypted file using a public key I think I have the key for in my keychain. How can I decrypt it?

11.10

1 Answers

  1. To view the keys known by gpg run: gpg --list-keys

    Assuming the key pair is still in your system, open a terminal and do:

     gpg -d FILE.pgp

    You may get a password prompt if the key requires it.

    To encrypt a file, you can do:

    gpg -e -r NAME FILE

    The -r is for --recipient and is optional. It will prompt you for more input if needed.

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