hoe to generate private key with gnupg.org in scp operation?

I have installed the gnupgp.org , it has too many parmeter to generate the publc key.



scp -r -i /path/to/private/key/file sally@192.168.1.80:/var/qmail /var/save

can u help with this?

What do you mean there are too many parameters? All you have to do to generate a key pair is
and then answer the questions that follow. And what does the command you posted have to do with your question?


jaa

I have armour my public key (1024 bit) and published in my web page.

then I tried this

[root@energy .gnupg]# gpg --output doc.gpg --encrypt --recipient auser@email.com xx
gpg: auser@email.com: skipped: public key not found
gpg: xx: encryption failed: public key not found
[root@energy .gnupg]#



But I do not know how to encrypt a document.

i export the gpg in /home/auser
by

gpg --export auser,

where can I find UID???
but the private and public in auser at /home/auser are still empty.


a-rw-rw-r-- 1 auser auser 0 May 24 17:56 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 auser auser 0 May 24 17:56 secring.gpg


BUT:
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 27 06:53 .
drwxr-x--- 24 root root 4096 May 27 04:11 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7793 May 24 12:33 options
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 915 May 27 06:35 pubring.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 May 24 13:26 pubring.gpg~
-rw------- 1 root root 600 May 27 06:35 random_seed
-rw------- 1 root root 1373 May 27 06:35 secring.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1240 May 27 06:35 trustdb.gpg
[root@energy .gnupg]# pwd
/root/.gnupg


I read and continue faq in gnupg.org.Not much help , may be my eyes are too big.
- will u shed some light here?

- what happen when re-generate another shorter 128 bit, will itl over-write the files in /root/.gnupg???

- encrypt and decryption have problem?

You put the options BEFORE the command. The command (in this case '--encrypt' ) is the last thing (except for the filename) on the command line.



see the manpage
man gpg

jaa