Re: [Seahorse-user] secure deletion of keys

["Adam Schreiber" <sadam clemson edu>]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:36 AM,  <ooopz riseup net> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:21 AM,  <ooopz riseup net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:54 AM,  <ooopz riseup net> wrote:
>>>>> hey folks,
>>>>> when using seahorse to administrate my gpg keys - and i want to delete
>>>>> e.g. my private key, how can i ensure it is permanently erased (i.e.
>>>>> secure deletion by overwriting the concerned sections in several
>>>>> passes)?
>>>>> greetings
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You would have to use a tool like wipe to write over that segment of
>>>> the
>>>> disk.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>> thanks for the answer - but then my problem is: where (in which
>>> directory)
>>> can i find the files to delete, how can i find out which in which place
>>> the private keys are stored?
>>
>> ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg
>> ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
>>
>
> searched it in the filesystem, but "no files found "

~ is linux shorthand for you home directory.  Try the command 'cd
~/.gnupg' without the single quotes.

Cheers,

Adam