on 7/14/2007 12:44 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > David Boles wrote: >> Directed at you Mikkel as you are dealing with this problem. Did the OP >> ever say that he actually *created* a key? >> > I thought he had in the first message. But I do not have it any > more. From a message on another list: > > Mustafa Qasim wrote: >> 1)Introduced my self a couple of days ago. >> 2) Created the ssh key >> 3) Created the gpg key >> (Take a backup of both ~/.ssh and ~/.gnupg directories) >> 4) Created the Bugzilla account >> 5) Tried to sent the gpg key to mit server thjrough the command given in the Check list >> >> > But I think there may be a language problem. There is a problem in > that in my first instruction the e-mail address ended up as a > mailto:<email address> instead of <email address> (Thunderbird > insists on making the conversion for me - I have to turn that off.) > and I used shell redirection instead of the --outfile option and he > did not understand that the "> mykey.txt" at the end of the command > created a text file with the ASCII armored key, so he put his key > file there instead. > > I think I will let someone else try and explain this, as I do not > seem to be communicating with the op too well. :( > > Mikkel That is too bad. Your advice here is always good. I sent him a very easy to use site in another post. Perhaps that will help. I did not see a mention of an email client. Most have a feature that will actually do this for you, in GUI, instead of CLI. -- David
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