Hello there, I would like to ask a differene between creating keys in Enigmail, KGpg/gpg via shell.
When I --gen-key via shell, Enigmail will not see it in Key Management
When I generate new key from within Enigmail, KGpg/gpg will not see it.
I thought that Enigmail is on top of gpg, so whatever is created in gpg will be seen by Enigmail by default.
KGpg is gui for gpg, so if I gen new keys in either of them, they are synced.
Do I have to sync keys between gpg and Enigmail manually by import/exporting? I use both of them for different purposes.
Thank you
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Hello there, I would like to ask a differene between creating keys in
Enigmail, KGpg/gpg via shell.
There isn't one.
When I --gen-key via shell, Enigmail will not see it in Key Management
Enigmail parses your keyring when Thunderbird starts. If you generate a
key after Thunderbird starts, Enigmail won't know about it until you
restart Thunderbird. (You can also go into the key management screen
and tell it to refresh its keyrings.)
You may also be using two different GnuPGs. Enigmail uses GnuPG 2.0 or
later, but some Linux distros ship both GnuPG 1.4 and GnuPG 2 -- usually
calling them "gpg" and "gpg2", respectively. So if you're using GnuPG
1.4 to generate your keys, those keys may be written to a different
keyring than GnuPG 2 is using.
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There are two possible reasons: caching or different keystores.
To resolve caching issues, try to reload keys within Kgpg.
The other (most likely) cause is that you are using GnuPG 2.1 (from Enigmail) and GnuPG 1.4 (or 2.0) from CLI/Kgpg. please list all installed GnuPG packages (e.g. gpg-show-versions gpg). Does gpg2 --list-key list the key generated in TB/EM?
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thanks very much, now it makes sense, yes I was using different gpg
Enigmail - gpg2
KGpg/shell - gpg1.4.2
gpg2 --list-key displays same keys as Enigmail, so it's ok
Now Im trying to change KGpg to use gpg2 (if possible), will update the post.
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Hello there, I would like to ask a differene between creating keys in Enigmail, KGpg/gpg via shell.
When I --gen-key via shell, Enigmail will not see it in Key Management
When I generate new key from within Enigmail, KGpg/gpg will not see it.
I thought that Enigmail is on top of gpg, so whatever is created in gpg will be seen by Enigmail by default.
KGpg is gui for gpg, so if I gen new keys in either of them, they are synced.
Do I have to sync keys between gpg and Enigmail manually by import/exporting? I use both of them for different purposes.
Thank you
There isn't one.
Enigmail parses your keyring when Thunderbird starts. If you generate a
key after Thunderbird starts, Enigmail won't know about it until you
restart Thunderbird. (You can also go into the key management screen
and tell it to refresh its keyrings.)
You may also be using two different GnuPGs. Enigmail uses GnuPG 2.0 or
later, but some Linux distros ship both GnuPG 1.4 and GnuPG 2 -- usually
calling them "gpg" and "gpg2", respectively. So if you're using GnuPG
1.4 to generate your keys, those keys may be written to a different
keyring than GnuPG 2 is using.
There are two possible reasons: caching or different keystores.
To resolve caching issues, try to reload keys within Kgpg.
The other (most likely) cause is that you are using GnuPG 2.1 (from Enigmail) and GnuPG 1.4 (or 2.0) from CLI/Kgpg. please list all installed GnuPG packages (e.g. gpg-show-versions gpg). Does gpg2 --list-key list the key generated in TB/EM?
thanks very much, now it makes sense, yes I was using different gpg
Enigmail - gpg2
KGpg/shell - gpg1.4.2
gpg2 --list-key displays same keys as Enigmail, so it's ok
Now Im trying to change KGpg to use gpg2 (if possible), will update the post.
ok so in KGpg settings I just changed program path to: /usr/bin/gpg2
Now it shows the same as Enigmail. Thanks again!