[dev] imp/pgp problems

Ben Chavet ben at chavet.net
Mon Jul 5 12:57:17 PDT 2004


Quoting Eric Rostetter <eric.rostetter at physics.utexas.edu>:

> Quoting Ben Chavet <ben at chavet.net>:
>
>> I can't get imp to take my passphrase & when I try to view the details
>> of a key,
>> all I get is "Invalid key".  I can see the key, just not the details.
>
> This happened to me a while back when my key had sub-keys.  If I import
> a simple key with no sub-keys, it works fine.  It I import a key with
> sub-keys, it won't take my password.  Not sure if this was ever fixed
> or not, nor do I know if you have sub-keys, but I offer it up for
> consideration/comment.

As far as I know, there are no subkeys

>> This is on my gentoo box at home.  It works fine on a fedora box at work.
>
> With the same key?

Yes.

--Ben


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