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gpg: Add shortcut for setting key capabilities.
* g10/keygen.c (ask_key_flags): Add shortcut '='. * doc/help.txt (gpg.keygen.flags): New.
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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#
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# GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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#
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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# /usr/share/gnupg/help.LL_TT.txt
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# /usr/share/gnupg/help.LL.txt
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# /usr/share/gnupg/help.txt
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#
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#
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# Here LL_TT denotes the full name of the current locale with the
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# territory (.e.g. "de_DE"), LL denotes just the locale name
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# (e.g. "de"). The first matching item is returned. To put a dot or
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# the users about the configured passphrase constraints and save that
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# to /etc/gnupg/help.txt. The help text should not be longer than
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# about 800 characters.
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This bar indicates the quality of the passphrase entered above.
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This bar indicates the quality of the passphrase entered above.
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As long as the bar is shown in red, GnuPG considers the passphrase too
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weak to accept. Please ask your administrator for details about the
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.gnupg.agent-problem
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# There was a problem accessing or starting the agent.
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It was either not possible to connect to a running Gpg-Agent or a
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communication problem with a running agent occurred.
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communication problem with a running agent occurred.
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The system uses a background process, called Gpg-Agent, for processing
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private keys and to ask for passphrases. The agent is usually started
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.gnupg.dirmngr-problem
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# There was a problen accessing the dirmngr.
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It was either not possible to connect to a running Dirmngr or a
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communication problem with a running Dirmngr occurred.
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communication problem with a running Dirmngr occurred.
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To lookup certificate revocation lists (CRLs), performing OCSP
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validation and to lookup keys through LDAP servers, the system uses an
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.
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.gpg.keygen.flags
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Toggle the capabilities of the key.
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It is only possible to toggle those capabilities which are possible
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for the selected algorithm.
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To quickly set the capabilities all at once it is possible to enter a
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'=' as first character followed by a list of letters indicating the
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capability to set: 's' for signing, 'e' for encryption, and 'a' for
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authentication. Invalid letters and impossible capabilities are
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ignored. This submenu is immediately closed after using this
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shortcut.
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.
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.gpg.keygen.size
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Enter the size of the key.
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Enter the size of the key.
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The suggested default is usually a good choice.
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If you want to use a large key size, for example 4096 bit, please
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think again whether it really makes sense for you. You may want
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think again whether it really makes sense for you. You may want
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to view the web page http://www.xkcd.com/538/ .
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.
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.gpg.keygen.name
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Enter the name of the key holder.
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Enter the name of the key holder.
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The characters "<" and ">" are not allowed.
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Example: Heinrich Heine
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.
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.gpg.ask_revocation_reason.code
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# revoke.c (ask_revocation_reason)
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# revoke.c (ask_revocation_reason)
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You should specify a reason for the certification. Depending on the
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context you have the ability to choose from this list:
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"Key has been compromised"
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