I have been trying to certifiy gpg keys using Kleopatra but to no avail.
Nothing actually happens with no message.
I received two external keys. Imported those keys into Kleopatra. Tried to certify those keys and no go.
I created two keys myself using Kleopatra and everything is fine..
I checked the system logs and nothing.
I enabled verbose mode for GnuPG system but nothing much as well. See below..
trust level is also unknown even though I did change the trust using gpg and kleopatra..
Finally, as per Kleopatra doc, it clearly says the certification should be possible with keys created by individual since no central authority to certify those keys.
Doc Kleopatra
PS: I believe that the keys being not certified cannot be used by Kmail. I verified it. Installed Kmail and tried to decrypt the corresponding email that was encrypted with the key and Kmail says key unknown and cannot decrypt the email.
I guess I am confused between 'certify' and 'level of trust". Aren't they the same ?
Nothing actually happens with no message.
I received two external keys. Imported those keys into Kleopatra. Tried to certify those keys and no go.
I created two keys myself using Kleopatra and everything is fine..
I checked the system logs and nothing.
I enabled verbose mode for GnuPG system but nothing much as well. See below..
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] enabled debug flags: memstat trust extprog
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] keydb: handles=1 locks=0 parse=4 get=4
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] build=0 update=0 insert=0 delete=0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] reset=1 found=4 not=1 cache=0 not=0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] kid_not_found_cache: count=0 peak=0 flushes=0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] sig_cache: total=13 cached=9 good=9 bad=0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] random usage: poolsize=600 mixed=0 polls=0/0 added=0/0
outmix=0 getlvl1=0/0 getlvl2=0/0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] rndjent stat: collector=0x0000000000000000 calls=0 bytes=0
2021-12-04 08:21:39 gpg[14995] secmem usage: 0/32768 bytes in 0 blocks
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] enabled debug flags: memstat trust extprog
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] keydb: handles=1 locks=0 parse=1 get=1
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] build=0 update=0 insert=0 delete=0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] reset=0 found=1 not=1 cache=0 not=0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] kid_not_found_cache: count=0 peak=0 flushes=0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] sig_cache: total=4 cached=4 good=4 bad=0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] random usage: poolsize=600 mixed=0 polls=0/0 added=0/0
outmix=0 getlvl1=0/0 getlvl2=0/0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] rndjent stat: collector=0x0000000000000000 calls=0 bytes=0
2021-12-04 08:21:43 gpg[15011] secmem usage: 0/32768 bytes in 0 blocks
trust level is also unknown even though I did change the trust using gpg and kleopatra..
Finally, as per Kleopatra doc, it clearly says the certification should be possible with keys created by individual since no central authority to certify those keys.
Doc Kleopatra
Create a personal OpenPGP key pair
OpenPGP key pairs are created locally, and certified by your friends and acquaintances.
There is no central certification authority; instead, every individual creates a personal Web
Of Trust by certifying other user’s key pairs with his own certificate.
I guess I am confused between 'certify' and 'level of trust". Aren't they the same ?
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