Me stupid: lost password for gpg
Nicolas Mailhot
Nicolas.Mailhot at laPoste.net
Thu Dec 16 22:23:29 UTC 2004
Le jeudi 16 décembre 2004 à 21:54 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak a écrit :
> tor, 16.12.2004 kl. 21.23 skrev Hans de Goede:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some time ago I've done attempts of packages for svgalib on yodl, before
> > this I didn't really have a need for pgp, so I didn't use gpg. I've done
> > a few (signed) test releases of packages for svgalib and yodl, but those
> > got stuck in the QA queue. After this I turned my attention to some
> > other projects (xmame mainly).
> >
> > Then some time ago I decided that I wanted to try again to get those
> > package through the QA queue, and ... oops I forgot my gpg password :|
> >
> > See I thought, hmm this is going to be an important password letts think
> > up a new one (mistake!), used it a couple of times then didn't use it
> > for a few months and now BUMMER!
> >
>
> sounds familiar
>
> > Seeing how Fedora-Extras is really shaping up now I really would like to
> > become an active community member (not a good start this) and do some
> > packaging.
> >
> > Now I've already submitted my gpg key to: pgp.mit.edu.
> > I could ofcourse just nuke my current .gpg dir and start from scratch
> > since not many people have my public key already, but then my old key
> > would still be registered at pgp.mit.edu .
> >
> > The faq at pgp.mit.edu also doesn't make me happy (at all) anything I
> > can do?
> >
> > I'm already quite embaressed about this as it is, so no that is SO
> > stupid replies please.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> >
> > Hans
>
> I'm in the same pos, only nobody exept RH translation project know about
> my key...
That's why you should always time-limit your keys. Extending them by
another year every 12 months is a lot easier than trying to rescue a
lost key.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Mailhot
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