Re: [TCLUG:19106] PGP key generation questions

[Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net>]

Doesn't sound right or safe to me, the key really needs
to be generated from the account, preferably by the person
most responsible for the account.

Daniel Taylor                Yoda of borg we are, futile resistance is,
dante@plethora.net           assimilated you will be, hmmm!

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Bob Tanner wrote:

> Is it possible to generate a pgp key for a different user then the one you are
> logged in as?
> 
> For instance, I am logged in as tanner, but I want to generate a pgp key for
> hostmaster, can I do it in my own account and just tell hostmaster their
> private pass-phrase?
> 
> I don't want to experiment on this. I would hate to loose my (tanner) pgp
> keyring. :-)
> 
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