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Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir
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Stephen Leake |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] commit ignores _MTN/options keydir |
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Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:04:57 -0500 |
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"Zack Weinberg" <address@hidden> writes:
> 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.
Ok, I've added a statement about that in monotone.texi, in the section
Command Reference | Keys and Cert Trust | genkey
I also described how the location of the keystore is found. I'm not
sure that belongs there; perhaps there should be a "global options"
section?
--
-- Stephe
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