PGP(5.0) User Manual PGP(5.0) NAME pgp.cfg - Format of the configuration file used by pgp(1). DESCRIPTION The default location for this file is ~/.pgp. You may specify another location by setting the environment vari- able PGPPATH. SH COMMAND-LINE SPECIFICATION All PGP applications accept these options as command-line argu- ments, as well. Command line arguments always override the configuration file. Options are specified with a dou- ble-dash (--) or plus (+), followed by an equal sign (=) and the value, if appropriate. For example, to specify the public keyring to use on an encryption operation: pgpe -r foo@bar.baz.com --pubring=~/fooring.pkr To turn on text mode, in an encryption: pgpe -r foo@bar.baz.com --textmode OPTIONS The following configuration options are supported, both in the pgp.cfg file and on the command line of PGP applica- tions. Case is not important in specifying the variable names, but may be in specifying filenames, depending on your operating environment. Immediately following each option is a description of its type: Boolean is either "1" or "on" or "0" or "off"; String is a string; and Inte- ger is a number. Armor Boolean. Turns ASCII armoring on or off. The default is off. ArmorLines Integer. Specifies the maximum number of lines that may be contained in an ASCII armored message. Messages longer than this number of lines will be broken up into multi-part ASCII armored messages. A value of zero indicates an unlimited number of lines. The default is zero. Compress Boolean. Specifies whether messages should be com- pressed prior to encryption. The default is on. DefaultKeyID String. The key ID you wish to be default for signing operations and the EncryptToSelf option, below. There is no default; however, if none is specified, the first secret key on your secret keyring will be used for most operations. EncryptToSelf Boolean. If on, automatically encrypts all PGP JULY 1997 (v5.0) 1 PGP(5.0) User Manual PGP(5.0) messages to your default key, as well as to the intended recipient. Intended to allow you to read encrypted mail you've sent. The default is off. FastKeyGen Boolean. Utilizes pre-generated prime numbers for certain initial operations on DSS/Diffie-Hellman key generation. This only works for "standard" key sizes (1024, 1596 and 2048). The default is on. Language String. The country code of the language you wish to use. The default is "us." LanguageFile String. The file from which to load runtime strings. The default is "language50.txt" in your .pgp directory. If this file does not exist, PGP will use internal defaults. MyName String. See DefaultKeyID. PubRing String. Your public keyring file. The default is "pubring.pkr" in your .pgp directory. RandomDevice String. Entropy-generating device. If present, it will be used in favor of asking the user for key- board input. The default is "/dev/random." SecRing String. Your secret keyring file. The default is "secring.skr" in your .pgp directory. WarnOnMixRSADiffieHellman Boolean. Warns the user if encrypting to multiple keys, one or more of which is RSA and one or more of which is DSS/Diffie-Hellman. The reason for this warning is that most RSA key owners will still be using 2.6.2, which will not properly decrypt such messages. The default is on. WarnOnRSARecipAndNonRSASigner Boolean. Warns the user if encrypting to an RSA key, but signing with a DSS/Diffie-Hellman key. The reason for this warning is that most RSA key owners will still be using 2.6.2, which will not properly decrypt such messages. The default is on. BUGS See pgp(1). PGP JULY 1997 (v5.0) 2 PGP(5.0) User Manual PGP(5.0) SEE ALSO pgp(1), pgpe(1), pgpv(1), pgps(1), pgpk(1), pgp-integra- tion(7), http://www.pgp.com (US versions) and http://www.pgpi.com (International versions) PGP JULY 1997 (v5.0) 3