On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:39:33PM -0500, Anthony Carrico wrote: > I think you may have to do something like using a TEMPORARY key ring > to create and export each sig. Then you just email it and later it > will show up in your real keyring when it makes it into a keyserver > and you sync.
Here is a lightly edited example of this method: Script started on Fri 17 Feb 2006 08:59:42 PM EST $ touch /tmp/keyring $ gpg --keyring=/tmp/keyring --no-default-keyring --recv-key 31037db0 gpg: requesting key 31037DB0 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net gpg: key 31037DB0: public key "Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" imported gpg: public key of ultimately trusted key 7ED06B5C not found gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, classic trust model gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 $ gpg --keyring=/tmp/keyring --primary-keyring=/tmp/keyring ---edit-key 31037db0 pub 1024D/31037DB0 created: 2000-08-21 expires: never usage: CS trust: unknown validity: unknown sub 1024g/9FECD91D created: 2000-08-21 expires: never usage: E [ unknown] (1). Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ revoked] (2) Renee Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ unknown] (3) Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Command> uid 3 pub 1024D/31037DB0 created: 2000-08-21 expires: never usage: CS trust: unknown validity: unknown sub 1024g/9FECD91D created: 2000-08-21 expires: never usage: E [ unknown] (1). Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ revoked] (2) Renee Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ unknown] (3)* Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Command> sign pub 1024D/31037DB0 created: 2000-08-21 expires: never usage: CS trust: unknown validity: unknown Primary key fingerprint: 141F 74D4 9E6A 6171 5C42 6FF1 2A53 CDFC 3103 7DB0 Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are you sure that you want to sign this key with your key "Anthony Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" (7ED06B5C) Really sign? (y/N) y You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for... Command> save $ gpg --keyring=/tmp/keyring --primary-keyring=/tmp/keyring ---armor --export 31037db0 > renee-sig.txt $ gpg --list-packets renee-sig.txt ... :user ID packet: "Renee Carrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" ... :signature packet: algo 17, keyid B1886B9C7ED06B5C version 4, created 1140228203, md5len 0, sigclass 10 digest algo 2, begin of digest a7 c7 hashed subpkt 2 len 4 (sig created 2006-02-18) subpkt 16 len 8 (issuer key ID B1886B9C7ED06B5C) data: [159 bits] data: [159 bits] $ rm /tmp/keyring $ exit Script done on Fri 17 Feb 2006 09:06:44 PM EST -- Anthony Carrico http://giftfile.org