Re: [Enigmail] Question for the passphrase of a key which is not involved in encrypting an email

Dmitry Alexandrov <[email protected]> Sat, 09 May 2020 10:47:45 +0300

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Adalbert Hanßen <[email protected]> wrote:
> He has forgotten the passphrasefor his private key if there ever was one. Chances are high that itwas made without a password but I am unsure about it.

I have not quite get it: whatʼs preventing you from checking?

> At least he did not haveto enter the passphrase when looking at his encryptedemails, so even if there ever was a passphrase forthe key, it never had to be entered for years.

If so, it may be stored in some pinentry-compatible passphrase storage (such as KWallet or GNOME Keyring, I do not remember what Xfce use) — check there.

> I don’t want to delete the old key from Enigmail, just in case he should remember the passphrase
> If I [try to] export the old pair of keys, I will am asked for the passphrase.

Yet, nothing impede you from simply backing up the needed keys in GPG own format from ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/ and exporting public keys.  Or — even simpler — from backing up a whole ~/.gnupg.

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