From eb86dc0d48c88b626a40a90db3448f8a4f42421a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andre Klapper Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:02:11 +0100 Subject: User Docs: Fix inappropriate usage of tag --- help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page') diff --git a/help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page b/help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page index 486f1727d2..846fbf7c73 100644 --- a/help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page +++ b/help/C/mail-encryption-gpg-create-key.page @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@

Before you can get or send GPG encrypted mail, you need to generate your public and private keys with GPG.

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Open a terminal window and enter gpg --gen-key.

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Open a terminal window and enter gpg --gen-key.

Select an algorithm, then press Enter.

Select a key length, then press Enter.

Enter how long your key should be valid for.

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Move your mouse randomly to generate the keys.

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After the keys are generated, you can view your key information by entering gpg --list-keys. You should see something similar to this: /home/you/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ---------------------------- pub 1024D/32j38dk2 2001-06-20 you <you@example.com> sub 1024g/289sklj3 2011-06-20 [expires: 2012-11-14]

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After the keys are generated, you can view your key information by entering gpg --list-keys. You should see something similar to this: /home/you/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ---------------------------- pub 1024D/32j38dk2 2001-06-20 you <you@example.com> sub 1024g/289sklj3 2011-06-20 [expires: 2012-11-14]

GPG creates one list, or keyring, for your public keys and one for your private keys. All the public keys you know are stored in the file ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg. If you want to give other people your key, send them that file.

If you want, you can upload your keys to a key server:

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