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Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir
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Zack Weinberg |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir |
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Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:48:02 -0500 |
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Markus Schiltknecht <address@hidden> wrote:
> Stephen Leake wrote:
> > As I understand it, the public and private keys are stored in the
> > database. So why do we also require a key directory?
>
> According to NEWS, private keys aren't stored in the database anymore
> since 0.24. So whenever you want to sign something, monotone needs to
> lookup your key in the key_dir. IIRC.
Yep. This is so it's safe to copy databases around by hand if you
want, you won't reveal anyone's private key.
zw
Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir, Stephen Leake, 2008/03/05
Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir, Stephen Leake, 2008/03/15