-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christian (aka Neodaxus) wrote: > Well, I now tried a passphrase without special characters and it > worked. > But I have no idea why because as I've said the keymaps are identical > (I checked that at the konsole). > > Any other ideas why this could happen? try to avoid "very" special characters, char-mapping is voodoo anyway. also they can increase the amount of time of brute-force attacks, you might have a system later on where you are unable to generate (i.e. type with your keyboard) these special characters. > > How can I change my passphrase? pls search the archives, it was discussed many times. > Is there a way to create a second valid passphrase (to avoid to lock > me out if the new passphrase won't work)? think about it: which program gets your passphrase? gpg? does gpg have an interface (i.e. an cmdline option) for a "2nd passphrase"? if so, the manpage needs updating. Christian. - -- BOFH excuse #355: Boredom in the Kernel. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBEhPe+A7rjkF8z0wRArQsAKCOtOOUqY8mZ0NJpT0lanim1jZ3VQCeORFs Q1QQkSqawYg2T82b9XnnT/M= =Am8V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
