Re: Me stupid: lost password for gpg

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Le jeudi 16 dÃcembre 2004 Ã 21:54 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak a Ãcrit :
> 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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