Help me to import a file in gpg

Gins · 10-11-2006, 06:24 AM

Hi

A friend of mine installed the 'kgpg' program at my behest.

Then he sent his public key via email. He attached it on to an email. The name of the attached file is 'msg.asc'. I just double clicked it. It was opened on the 'gedit' program.

I just pressed the save button. It refused to save saying that there is alrady a file under the same name.

I saved it as 'Magnus1.asc'.

The import command didn't work. Then I saved it again. The new name is 'msg-2.asc~'
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What is the problem?

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import 'Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> msg-2.asc~'
gpg: can't open `Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> msg-2.asc~': No such file or directory
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import 'Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> /home/nissanka/tmp Magnus1.asc'
gpg: can't open `Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> /home/nissanka/tmp Magnus1.asc': No such file or directory
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import 'Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> /tmp Magnus1.asc'
gpg: can't open `Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> /tmp Magnus1.asc': No such file or directory
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# pwd
/home/nissanka
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import 'Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> Magnus1.asc'
gpg: can't open `Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com> Magnus1.asc': No such file or directory
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import Magnus1.asc
gpg: can't open `Magnus1.asc': No such file or directory
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# gpg --import msg-2.asc~
gpg: can't open `msg-2.asc~': No such file or directory
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#

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[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 ~]$ cd tmp
[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 tmp]$
[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 tmp]$ ls
ADARA3.MPG
kwatchgnupg.pdf
Magnus1.asc
mc-nissanka/
Michael_Jackson_-_Man_In_The_Mirror.mpg
MOV00001.3gp
mozilla/
msg-2.asc~
orbit-nissanka/
orbit-root/

r0b0 · 10-11-2006, 07:24 AM

Can you try this? Use `cat` command to show the contents of the file. Like `cat tmp/Magnus.asc`. If the file displays, just append ` | gpg --import` after the cat command that listed your file.

Gins · 10-11-2006, 07:40 AM

Thanks r0b0

[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 ~]$ cat tmp/Magnus1.asc
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)
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=aO1u
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 ~]$

What is the append command you suggests here?
Could you please write it here?

r0b0 · 10-11-2006, 08:45 AM

cat tmp/Magnus1.asc | gpg --import

Gins · 10-11-2006, 09:41 AM

Thanks r0b0

[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 ~]$ cat tmp/Magnus1.asc | gpg --import
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[nissanka@c83-250-96-89 ~]$
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[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]# tmp/Magnus1.asc |gpg --import
bash: tmp/Magnus1.asc: Permission denied
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
[root@c83-250-96-89 nissanka]#
It didn't work.

r0b0 · 10-12-2006, 03:24 AM

Oh, wait a minute..

Quote:

BEGIN PGP MESSAGE

That is not a pgp public key, that's a pgp encrypted message. You need to get him to send you his key. The file should say PGP PUBLIC KEY (or something like that), not PGP MESSAGE.

Gins · 10-12-2006, 05:03 AM

Thanks r0b0 for helping me.

Could you get his key from a public key server? I tried in vain to get it.

Magnus Askaner <magnus@askaner.com>

His name is Magnus Askaner and the email address is magnus@askaner.com

Gins · 10-13-2006, 12:08 PM

I need some help from our experts. I couldn't import the key, as yet.

HappyTux · 10-13-2006, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gins

I need some help from our experts. I couldn't import the key, as yet.

That is not a key it is a message encrypted with a key as has already been mentioned you need your friend to send you his exported public key so you can import or he needs to send it to a keyserver so you can get it from there. He is what a key looks like that has been exported.

Code:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)

mQGiBEBnrkMRBADYro57jr3npWBM3L+aRu0l9S2cqRpHi8i3F5+kbno/OJ2LHzRL
QeNdkE7lm1YV46OJICmOSmeLt/YXJyTAurGwbGl1urELTS2IRQRhIaO7pPoYcPE2
jGPyCWbpNMymWD6QQmWZycFax6Q6dj+XhpwvIGJgPxe3FcueRz/1E3O3ywCg8v3+
I6ydcDZFbWxbbUPgbwGiie0EAIKeCbDiYngw0FpERLXxCBa2yY6FYRDKjWHXhj7A
/ohkoqCix8qNxzpgN4XY+SmdjDm/sSFtikl75ujW+dSHHNu/PU0bRnPOT5J1kt0Q
JAxRZzovbtao9kSDi3iCaX3nnFk5rNR5s+RDDK22vyw/Vajvf7r2AVqPWo+yo2Mt
MzizBACU8LiG0WNcuhswddW72Ve/3wqB3UWbnX2NYCbLZkUEut8H4DzqjG8j9H66
dE2jgkaeO1/h8/vz0dgp/1nTna08jwICwIAyy6uN1XlGkwgdR3uN4uqV0FahCIO3
m9hfzF5gxvqW09TcqnAou+g75iau0MLYVHolsyL3p47ZZiO/xbQiU3RlcGhlbiBD
b3JtaWVyIDxzY29ybWllckBnbXgubmV0PohbBBMRAgAbBQJAZ65DBgsJCAcDAgMV
AgMDFgIBAh4BAheAAAoJEI4ECz4outmvYRgAnRtERfmyS8tSHPPgNiXOFr69a5KZ
AJ0fIakLjm502uITAlVaLF5FqdN1hrQjU3RlcGhlbiBDb3JtaWVyIDxzLmNvcm1p
ZXJAZ214Lm5ldD6IXgQTEQIAHgUCQPtocQIbAwYLCQgHAwIDFQIDAxYCAQIeAQIX
gAAKCRCOBAs+KLrZr7ZRAJ46ZrtSf+r97cbH8fkoBN9mV+PK0QCeMHg4AuYQ435a
HRdZDkVzducjQ/q5Ag0EQGeuTxAIAM3GM9RDJJXd9nB4IH8F5Ze4/jO4KMndQol8
dc6diKHd9KG5zYTuSlY90Wd/ncNbjEvyjY31C2WIDQpWUlchOisBxFVw5r+ca3lx
LSXlRjRoc+ur6zxQRtgqHWYQf7xhcEFkDlsR7M3yRo8BpozKPeAsosJnrFopoHih
aEE/kuRgbNz1f48SyRJuTMRU6bw1YO8Zwuyu0+nXTys0dUMsZcZ5UffuGliTOBKc
VDJRoHOH5j6up2p6mvXY4tslyrF48sQWrsKW/V6cbHy+5UF7kyPBWfR3KmFiprVr
owKFnvyDoMiiF7+O7wwp0KHmBGH3Ntz/yXlPyySJW88M9z9om0cAAwUH/A0jbOeO
FPma05mhPmVNvk5sBosYdX8k+B5viHT+H93vB7DZWrSizLfFOx+lx9OOt44oE3Rh
o9D78474LBL+cv+uLBvvetk+RBP2jPCBaamecmdS/ubt766MkCf7JjbC1Aie/nue
o5EUlZk676t22hPELC+I2JD3gGuZelyuvEhRq4q0+Kz2UujohplbQpDDBfhYIvi7
1oAHuz816oohPXRST//ip3K2XzAnk4aEYMbdlQGA3ITNfPD3YblgC883Ldn1iyhP
OVM1EYRq+oFsoIbJaauvf8tblBNWnnY3U+MyYtonj1D3d7Kg4wW2Qe54x+p+HfZQ
ORXKpmY1lfnGXtSIRgQYEQIABgUCQGeuTwAKCRCOBAs+KLrZr620AJ98xMZV3rWj
zAqV70F2m+JqH2nX8ACg5NzgYbcOlgH6u14HxCtmK0NdRIo=
=0W+d
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

See the difference in the BEGIN and END parts as opposed to looking at the file you have. One thing you might want to try though is seeing if he encrypted his public key with your key and sent it to you that way so try decrypting the file you have with your key.