Re: Problems with GPGME returning "Not Implemented" or "Configuration error"

2017-03-07 Thread Jeffrey Stedfast
Gah I hate Outlook which makes replying inline impossible :\ Outlook will indent but not add “> “ to quoted lines, so be aware of that as you read this email ( On 3/6/17, 9:41 AM, "Werner Koch" wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:20, jeste...@microsoft.com said: > I'm

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 21:03, tliko...@iki.fi said: > Interesting. It seems that the feature is not documented. I tested > version 2.1.18 in Debian testing and neither the man page nor > --edit-key's "help" command tells anything about the feature. One of the hidden commands to be revealed in case

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Teemu Likonen
Werner Koch [2017-03-07 19:21:25+01] wrote: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 09:40, billdanger...@gmail.com said: >> Is there a way (even if hacking gpg code is needed), to change those >> subkey flags ? > > With 2.1 it is easy: > > gpg --edit-key THEKEY > gpg> key N > gpg> change-usage > > and

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 09:40, billdanger...@gmail.com said: > I would like first to be sure that this process of migrating a master key > to subkey is reliable ? Am I not breaking something, that I am going to > regret ? Please see the other comments. > Is there a way (even if hacking gpg code is

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Andrew Gallagher
> On 7 Mar 2017, at 08:40, Bill Dangerous wrote: > > Indeed, my old master key which is now a subkey, has all the flags (SCEA), > and I don't know how to change that. I would like to limit flags to SE I would strongly recommend against that. I would create completely

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 07/03/17 15:08, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > Whoever told you this was badly misinformed. While you *can* do this, > it is by no means a general recommendation. Right, yes, and that :-). I wholeheartedly agree, but kinda went past that in my response. I'm more worried about the possibility of

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Peter Lebbing
On 07/03/17 09:40, Bill Dangerous wrote: > I would like today to correct my mistake without loosing my key, so I > need to transform this master key into a subkey. With GnuPG 2.1, I think this is easily doable. Which version of GnuPG are you using? With the older branches, this is quite

Re: From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Robert J. Hansen
> Sometimes ago, I generated my master key without following the state of > the art of the gpg, meaning using an offline master key, and only sign > and enrypt with subkeys. Whoever told you this was badly misinformed. While you *can* do this, it is by no means a general recommendation. The

From Masterkey to subkey

2017-03-07 Thread Bill Dangerous
Hi, Sometimes ago, I generated my master key without following the state of the art of the gpg, meaning using an offline master key, and only sign and enrypt with subkeys. I would like today to correct my mistake without loosing my key, so I need to transform this master key into a subkey. I