<div>On 7/15/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Mustafa Qasim wrote: > > > On 7/15/07, *Mikkel L. Ellertson* <<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com </a>>> wrote: > > Mustafa Qasim wrote: > > > > Hello! > > a) Sorry for top posting. I didn't noticed that but I shall in future. > > b) I replace the .ssh and .gnupg directory with the backup i took > after > > just creating the keys and now keys are working well on my system but > > still I can't send it to the key server. Is the key server down? or > > please guide me how to locally extract the ASCII from my key and > > actually which one is the main key file holding the ASCII among the 5 > > files in the .gnupg directory? > > > You do not need to know what file the key is in. As long as it is in > your keyring, gpg can extract it. This is what the --extract option > does. The --armor option give you the output in ASCII instead of > binary. The --outfile option will send the output to a file instead > of displaying it in the terminal. (The defaults sends it to the > standard output.) > > If the name you used when creating the key was Mustafa, the you > would use: > > gpg --export --armor --outfile key.txt Mustafa > > This would create a file called key.txt in the current directory > with the ASCII representation of your public key. You can then open > key.txt in a work processor or text editor if you want. > > As far as your problems with the key server, you can try using a > different one and see if that helps. Try using > <a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de</a> > <<a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de</a>> or <a href="http://subkeys.pgp.net"> subkeys.pgp.net</a> > <<a href="http://subkeys.pgp.net">http://subkeys.pgp.net</a>> and see if that > works better. > > Mikkel > > Sir, thanks for the 2 further key server links but both didn't work :(( > .... > > For the first server <a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de</a> > <<a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de </a>> it says that > gpg: can not connect to "<a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de</a> > <<a href="http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de">http://random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de </a>>" : No such file or directory > That is strange. What it should do is pick a keyserver at random to connect to. It is designed to spread the load among keyservers. > and for the other <a href="http://subkeys.pgp.net"> subkeys.pgp.net</a> <<a href="http://subkeys.pgp.net">http://subkeys.pgp.net</a>> . it reacts > like the <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu">pgp.mit.edu</a> <<a href="http://pgp.mit.edu">http://pgp.mit.edu</a>> ... gives connection time out > error after 1 minute .. > How are you connecting to the Internet? Do you go through a proxy? If so, you will need the "--keyserver-options http-proxy=value" option or set http_proxy in your shell. > Y all this is happening with me :( ..... Y i can't submit the key to the > key server... > It sounds like something is blocking the connection from gpg to the keyserver. Were you able to generate the ASCII file of your key? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com </a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div> Yes! I am behind a proxy but all other work goes fine. I didn't need to set proxy path for any other work. but Ok our proxy is <a href="http://10.0.0.1">10.0.0.1</a> ... now what is the syntax to declare proxy? -- Mustafa Qasim Lahore, Pakistan Cell: 0321-6614972 URL: <a href="http://www.mustu.info">http://www.mustu.info </a>