Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > Any ideas now to recover from my double failure ( I created 2 backups, then > removed one by accident and then when trying to access the thumb drive with > second copy found it was dead ) > That is I know of no way to revive a dead thumb drive, it will not mount > nor is it recognizable by any OS I though at it. It's sealed in a metal > case, you open it you destroy it ( thus I thought was safe place for my key > backup ) > > 1) don't sign the key I used, yet will try other tricks to revive the thumb > drive. > 2) If anyone knows of a private key trick so that I can create a key that > can sign let me know
No, I'm afraid you're SOL. If one of your subkeys is a signing key, the best you can do is sign with your subkey. You could create a new master key and sign it with that subkey and go forward with that or alternately just work off of the subkey. > > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 09:07:04 Michael Muller wrote: > > > Chris Knadle wrote: > > > > On Sunday, March 09, 2014 23:59:35 Jack Chastain wrote: > > > > > Yep - the issue was "conceptual" I think. It appears (to Joe and me) > > > > > that > > > > > the instructions for the sub-key was under the assumption that your > > > > > laptop > > > > > was your mobile system and your "base" computer was something less > > > > > portable. The idea being that the server that you actually did key > > work > > > > > on > > > > > was NOT portable... and would therefore have ALL the keys.... > > > > > > > > That's the most common way in which I think this is done, but it's not > > the > > > > only way. > > > > > > > > > Ah, assumptions. > > > > > > > > > > So - with Joe's assistance, I deleted my key and re-added it from my > > > > > saved > > > > > keys on the USB stick - and was THEN able to sigh keys. > > > > > > > > Right. The catch comes when you later want to remove the full key and > > > > only import the relevant subkey bits (public and private). Hopefully > > > > you've got instructions for that bit, as you probably did it in the > > > > first place. > > > > > > Yeah, the tool is picky about the kinds of things that you can merge into > > > your key-tree. I deleted and re-imported a couple of times while playing > > > around with this. > > > > > > As an alternative to key wrangling, though, for the specific problem of > > > signing with a secured master key you can mount the flash-drive and then > > > specify the gpg --homedir option to indicate that the tool should use the > > > mounted directory instaad of ~/.gnupg > > > > That's /much/ cleaner than the whole > > delete/import/sign/delete/import_partial > > procedure. Cool. > > > > -- Chris > > > > -- > > Chris Knadle > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > > Apr 2 - Nginx: High-Performance HTTP Server, Reverse Proxy, and > > IMAP/POP3 Proxy Server > > May 7 - Google App Engine > > Jun 4 - Samba: Can We All Just Get Along? > > > > > > -- > Joe > > /** > ** Joseph T Apuzzo > ** GPFS SME (Linux, Windows, AIX), Linux LPI-c1 > ** http://www.linkedin.com/in/japuzzo/ > ** GPG: https://sks-keyservers.net/ use 2190E068 > **/ > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [email protected] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. - Hermann Goering (Hitler's right-hand man) ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Apr 2 - Nginx: High-Performance HTTP Server, Reverse Proxy, and IMAP/POP3 Proxy Server May 7 - Google App Engine Jun 4 - Samba: Can We All Just Get Along?
