-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Travis C Newman wrote: > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 02:29 -0400, Atom Smasher wrote: > >> you did follow the instructions and created a revocation certificate, >> right? and stored it in a safe place? > > Nope. the howto I followed had nothing about it. I'm admittedly quite > green with GPG. I just needed it to sign something once, now I need it > to sign something else, and I don't have the revocation cert. > *bangs head on desk*
The old key is toast. There is nothing you can do to retrieve it. Create a new key. And this time, create a revocation certificate THEN save the pubkey, seckey, and revcert offline somewhere safe. - -- John P. Clizbe Inet: JPClizbe(a)comcast DOT nyet Golden Bear Networks PGP/GPG KeyID: 0x608D2A10 "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss, "Oh the Places You'll Go" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: When cryptography is outlawed, b25seSBvdXRsYXdzIHdpbGwgdXNlIG Comment: Be part of the £33t ECHELON -- Use Strong Encryption. Comment: It's YOUR right - for the time being. Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC6Z9mHQSsSmCNKhARAo/LAJ0XHLXwOkf6EgLntsGDS/8aLHUrLgCfTBcT WhU+JvNtvSGMbouxmJJWeNM= =37R6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
