Murray McAllister wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2007 7:07 AM, Vladimir Kosovac <vnk(a)mkc.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Karl, if you specify -a option as well, you should end up with .asc
>> file
>> produced, ie:
>>
>> 1] open terminal and cd to the directory where you saved the .txt
>> attachment
>>
>> 2] gpg -a --sign fedora-icla-karl.txt
>> 3] fedora-icla-karl.txt.asc should now be in the same directory
>>
>> Vladimir
>>
>>
>> I have been looking at what has been happening and decided to
>> see where I got my information on your web site. Below are where I
>> found instructions for getting a key:
>>
>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/UsingGpg/CreatingKeys
>>
>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem/CLAHowTo
>>
>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join
>>
>>
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join/CheckList
>>
>> Next I want to check out the CLA problem because it can be that
>> this problem is a BUG for Fedora 8. Since most of you got this step
>> done with zero trouble on earlier versions of Fedora it smells like
>> something changed.
>> Well you ask for and get a file attached to an email that is:
>>
>> fedora-icla-karl.txt
>> and you are instructed to write:
>>
>> If you agree to these terms and conditions, type "I agree" here:
>> I agree
>> Enter your full name here: Karl Larsen
>> Signing code: 6314c512cb565e955aec16204c1fad48
>> E-mail: k5di(a)zianet.com
>> Date: 2007-12-18 17:00:49.46
>>
>> As you can see I did that. Then your supposed to sign this file with
>> your GPG key using a gpg call. Here is what happened.
>>
>> At first it would error out with a complaint that a default was
>> wrong. This went on for some time but then it seemed to work. It
>> asked me for my password which I gave it and it made a new file that
>> looks like this:
>>
>> fedora-icla-karl.txt.gpgfedora-icla-karl.txt.gpg
>> This file is not what Fedora wants. I sent it in and it sent an
>> error email back. This file is a binary file now and I have no way
>> to read it.
>> The file that is expected is fedora-icla-karl.asc but on F8 I
>> don't get that.
>> A question. Does anyone get the desired file on F8? This might
>> be another problem.
>> Karl
>>
>> OK. I wrote a file as you suggested using -a and the file is now
>> ascii readable and the name of the file is:
>>
>> fedora-icla-karl.txt.asc
>>
>> and the file looks like this:
>>
>> [karl@k5di ~]$ more fedora-icla-karl.txt.asc
>> -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
>>
>> owG1Wc9vJEcVXog4YMEhEpcckEojgWylZ9a/vZ4IkYnXTkbx2ovHSxQhDjXd1TOF
>> e7pbVd0eDwcEF4TEJVKExAGJEwIJIeXEP5C/hAMIhX+AAxJ871X1r/EEcmG12dg9
>> Xa/e+973vveq5qOvv/bky6/vr/7xyZ+//eZPvvSnb95NvxGrKDOyr8NE9u+kSQbF
>> Q/Gu/uh74nauxAV/KF6a7EcqLLbEOI30vY5KmYizLC2MnpZFZsSlDlVqlRjNjFIL
>> lRZi++xytLMl5kWRD58+XS6XA7fPwKhoLotBmC2eJm6Vfbq1JfDndi7TO7HKShHD
>> JP5vhE4LZZQt8MMGd8R2MVe8
>>
>> I sent this file back in exactly the way it was asked and I got
>> this email back:
>>
>> With regards to "Re: Fedora Individual Contributor License Agreement".
>>
>> Your message could not be processed.
>>
>> Reason:
>>
>> The signature could not be processed. The signature may have been
>> created or attached improperly, it might not match the key ID you
>> have registered in the Account System, or the public key may not
>> have been found on the key server. For guidance, please see the
>> following page:
>>
>> It refers me to the wiki where I was before many times.
>>
>> A little progress but still not right.
>> Karl
>>
>>
I just checked, and changed my email signature and am now certain
the keys my registration has are the ones I'm now using. I have changed
them a lot trying to get this system to work.
Karl
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