Use GPG to create encrypted files readable by PGP
John Clizbe
John at Mozilla-Enigmail.org
Wed May 6 22:06:38 CEST 2009
gpg2.20.maniams at dfgh.net wrote:
> Dear Members :
> Could you (or the list ) help me with the following :
> - I have an source xl file - say something dot xls
> - I wish to encrypt this and the recipient is say Mr. Y
> - I wish to have an encrypted result file that is recognized and
> readable by Mr. Y using PGP
> - A command line (that assumes the following ) would be of great help
>
> Source file : something.xls
> Source directory : c:\somewhere\
> Result requested : something.xls.pgp ->
> file that can be decrypted by PGP
> Result directory : c:\somewhere\
> recipient : Mr. Y. :
> I have his pub key on my ring.
> I trust Mr. Y (in real life I have verified his e mail etc).
> But Mr. Y's pub key on my key ring may or
> _may NOT_ have trusted signatures / trust levels etc on the key.
cd c:\somewhere
gpg --trust-model always --pgp8 -r <Mr Y's keyID> -o something.xls.pgp
-e something.xls
This wraps in the email. In a CMD window you would just type it on one
line.
--trust-model always says to trust the key(s) anyway
--pgp8 is the most recent. There are also --pgp7, --pgp6, and --pgp2
options.
-r <Mr Y's keyID> sets the encryption _r_ecipient
--
John P. Clizbe Inet:John (a) Mozilla-Enigmail.org
You can't spell fiasco without SCO. hkp://keyserver.gingerbear.net or
mailto:pgp-public-keys at gingerbear.net?subject=HELP
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