Re: [Macgpg-users] trouble figuring out how to import a public key from windows to mac gnugpg

[Charly A. <sha...@ma...>]

tombb wrote the following on 4/13/07 4:25 PM:
> Hi all,
> Question here: able to encrypt/sign when I am sending messages back and
> forth to self using mac version of gpg, but trouble across platform to
> another user with windows version of gnu gpg. Their app correctly received
> my key, but the mac Mail.app on my computer appears to be having difficulty
> with their key. I can't seem to import the key when using GPG Keychain
> Access app on my mac. the file I receive from the windows pubkey export is
> listed as "0x0C0D89A8.asc.pgp" -- even though when I export it on the
> windows machine it appears to be a text file with a .txt extension on the
> windows end before mailing it. 
> What do I need to do to import this into my mac system? Right now Mail.app
> does not have the windows pubkey, nor does GPG Keychain Access. 
> Much thanks.

The reason why you can import the key you received from that Windows
user *might* be that the key file has DOS line-ends. GnuPG recognizes
only Unix line ends.

I suggest you try the following:
- open the keyfile you have received from the Windows user, using a text
editor like BBEdit Lite or TextWrangler (both are freeware, you can
download them and use them right away).
- now save that file using Unix line-ends. If you are using BBEdit, the
save dialogue box will show a button named 'Options'. Click it, and
choose the Unix line-ends option. You can, if you wish, save it under a
different name, so as not to get confused.
- try to import that new file (with Unix line-ends) using GPG Keychain
Access. You can also import it using Terminal:
$ gpg --import[the path to the new keyfile].

Good luck,
Charly