Re: [Evolution] GPG signatures using keyserver

[Jeffrey Stedfast<fejj ximian com>]

I've placed the --no-tty option into Evolution so you don't need that
option in your config file anymore.

Jeff

On 23 Feb 2001 09:41:21 +0000, Ross Burton wrote:
> > > gpg: Signature made Wed 21 Feb 2001 09:25:19 PM WET using DSA key ID 2982E3B6
> > > gpg: Good signature from "Sejal Patel (Bio Mage) <sejal iname com>"
> > > gpg: cannot open /dev/tty: Device not configured
> >
> > I got the same tty message, so I added "no-tty" to ~/.gnupg/options on a
> > line by itself.
> > It seems to fix it, but I don't know if it's the "correct" solution.
>
>
> I tried this too last week but then gpg broke from the command line.
> Will gpg encrypt a file from a terminal for you with no-tty on?  If it
> does I'll put it back in my config file and try and figure out why gpg
> is broken on my machine...
>
>
> > > Shouldn't the message say that it is authentic ? Could this be because
> > > I'm looking up on a public keyserver, instead of a private keyring ?
> > >
> > > I'm not an expert on GnuPG, so any help is accepted.
>
>
> It is because you haven't assigned any trust.  The theory is that when
> you get a public key you can verify emails, but only if you know the
> public key is for the person it claims to be (I can make a public key,
> and email it to someone claiming to be Craig Peterein).  If it was given
> to you by the owner you can trust it, so use gpg --edit to set the
> trust.  If not - the normal practise is to get the signature of the key
> (can't recall the option) and call the person who owns the key and
> compare them. Key signatures are only ~20 hex doubles long so this is
> easy. The you can trust the key you have been given.
>
> There are more details, but that is the gist of it.
>
> Ross Burton
>
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