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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:53:43 +0000 Neil Winchurst <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, I have carefully read all the above. At the moment I have no > intention of using gpg for emails. It is just for me on my computer. > I have a file which contains details of all my user names, passwords > etc for the Internet along with my various pins. There is just too much > to remember now. By having all the data in one encrypted file I need to > make sure that I remember just one password, the one to decrypt that > file. OK, that's reasonable. You, presumably, don't feel like trusting the passphrase cache of your favourite browser? > Anytime I can't remember a password, user name or whatever I can > decrypt the file to look it up. And I put that file into a hidden > folder as an extra precaution. That is really all that I am using gpg > for at the moment. All I'm thinking is that the "extra precaution" really isn't anything of the sort - a simple find command will locate it, better to keep the file where it is easy for you to decrypt and update. As you prefer GUI ways of doing this, a normal directory would seem advisable - just set it to chmod 700 and the file(s) inside as chmod 600, just like your ~/.gnupg/ folder and contents. > I did that when I was using Mandriva and I am setting it all up again > in Kubuntu. I created the file in an editor and I was trying to save it > in my hidden folder, which I have now done. Sorry, I didn't explain it > fully before. No problem. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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