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Trying to figure out commandline usage
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Description
I was trying to follow instructions on the main page explaining about local encryption and decryption. Here's what I typed into the terminal.
tama@SERENITY:~$ keybase id maria
warn: No config file found; tried '/home/tama/.config/keybase/config.json'
info: Creating temporary keyring dir: /home/tama/.cache/keybase/tmp_keyrings
✔ public key fingerprint: 97BC 8ED6 9489 989F CE16 3213 2CE8 7F7C 35CB 1002
tama@SERENITY:~$ keybase encrypt maria -m 'Grab a pint tonight?'
warn: No config file found; tried '/home/tama/.config/keybase/config.json'
✔ public key fingerprint: 97BC 8ED6 9489 989F CE16 3213 2CE8 7F7C 35CB 1002
error: `gpg` exited with code 2
warn: gpg: 97BC8ED69489989FCE1632132CE87F7C35CB1002: skipped: public key not found
warn: gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: public key not found
tama@SERENITY:~$ keybase encrypt tama -m 'hi'
warn: No config file found; tried '/home/tama/.config/keybase/config.json'
✔ public key fingerprint: 5CC1 DA2E 8578 7368 9F0E 910C A41F 2E29 BA82 5F45
✔ "TamaHobbit" on github: https://gist.github.com/3d58bf8d9f40868da58d
error: `gpg` exited with code 2
warn: gpg: 5CC1DA2E857873689F0E910CA41F2E29BA825F45: skipped: public key not found
warn: gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: public key not found
tama@SERENITY:~$ keybase id tama
warn: No config file found; tried '/home/tama/.config/keybase/config.json'
✔ public key fingerprint: 5CC1 DA2E 8578 7368 9F0E 910C A41F 2E29 BA82 5F45
✔ "TamaHobbit" on github: https://gist.github.com/3d58bf8d9f40868da58d
tama@SERENITY:~$ keybase encrypt tama -m 'hi'
warn: No config file found; tried '/home/tama/.config/keybase/config.json'
✔ public key fingerprint: 5CC1 DA2E 8578 7368 9F0E 910C A41F 2E29 BA82 5F45
✔ "TamaHobbit" on github: https://gist.github.com/3d58bf8d9f40868da58d
error: `gpg` exited with code 2
warn: gpg: 5CC1DA2E857873689F0E910CA41F2E29BA825F45: skipped: public key not found
warn: gpg: [stdin]: encryption failed: public key not found
tama@SERENITY:~$ man keybase
No manual entry for keybase
See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
tama@SERENITY:~$
I guess this means the public key I received when I first started should be put into some specific directory?
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Research direction
Start with the main-page instructions for local encryption and decryption and compare them with the reported `keybase` commands and the missing `man keybase` entry. Clarify the required public-key setup and command-line usage, then verify that the documented encryption flow works for the reported cases.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100