From ae25ed3b05750458e5f54b99608a75fc6f49d3a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 12:28:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] GnuPG_maintenance: Add a section on --list-packets --- posts/GnuPG_maintenance.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/posts/GnuPG_maintenance.mdwn b/posts/GnuPG_maintenance.mdwn index 675907c..06b4ddc 100644 --- a/posts/GnuPG_maintenance.mdwn +++ b/posts/GnuPG_maintenance.mdwn @@ -117,6 +117,23 @@ Once you've saved the key, it will change to `[ultimate]`. I imagine the initial `[unknown]` listing is because you haven't officially confirmed the new ID's signature by saving your changes. +Inspecting GnuPG files +---------------------- + +If you want to see what's inside a GnuPG-generated file (e.g. you +forgot which subkeys are in the ASCII-armored public key you published +earlier), you can use: + + $ gpg --list-packets ~/.gnupg/pubkey.txt + :public key packet: + version 4, algo 17, created 1218318982, expires 0 + … + :public sub key packet: + version 4, algo 16, created 1218319006, expires 0 + … + keyid: 7C572F3442407C74 + … + [keygen]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh-keygen&sektion=1 [diff]: http://www.samsimpson.com/static/pgpfaq#SubRSADH -- 2.26.2