-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Neil,
gpg reads gpg.conf by default so you an stick any variables you like - they wil get read David Neil Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > gpg -version = 2.0.14 > > So i'm looking at changing some of the defaults used by gpg. > cipher, compression that sort of thing. > > i've read that i can use a command line to use a specific options file, > something like --options file > but thats a per use, not a set default behaviour. > > it says i can place stuff in a file called gpg.conf that is located in my > C:\Profiles\xxx\Application Data\gnupg folder. > well there is no gpg.conf file there :( > > it says --homedir can change the default location of the home directory, the > place where i should see my gpg.conf file. > > it says that i can find my home directoy in the Registry under the key > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\GnuPG using the name "HomeDir" > well there is no GnuPG folder there :( > > apparently i could set a user-level environment variable, GNUPGHOME. > no such variable exists :( > > my questions are: > 1. can i use a gpg.conf file to set some default behaviours for gpg? > 2. where should the gpg.conf file be stored. > 3. do i need a registry entry at all? > > i do have an entry in the path variable which is allowing me to use gpg. > i have created a key for myself and can use that from anywhere in my file > system > with gpg to generate an encrypted file without any error messages. > > i'm assuming that my key does not contain settings for which cipher to use or > which compression method or which hash method to use and that those settings > are > picked during the actual encryption of my file? > > Neil > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > - -- “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the kind. Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No delusion.” -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNIfiTAAoJEOJpqm7flRExClcIAKUWoV0d23XPrCqjdPxI8OIR bMsmwnVeibanbBet7g8RnEgPwXH2ZEkYtuJgCRrH0WDrS+bqvKN4FdJyWvCKGV/t 12sTHvvUjgKUseu/1szwRCCQzvMtNCShc+hm/PoC6yWhT9HyizR4Pm/1hZhkXwNx mUO1+e5RJLVdu1/Q71OVsfKAixQn8m+1IZPtedqYmKUENbWjjwdBzA58c40p1Vq7 6ArVDn/r/rxS+oK77xsbxA6h5JeX+txzFq7u5tIQw96kptHpTuigz18ddaI+JqXX P65cvz5ZPwCcVs8yvUf4Z6jk9/Y8WoIr8y0L6RiwwR7Pyinacyr0X8t3eG86raY= =uMf0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
