[dundee] Help! forgotten my gpg passphrase!

[Simon Wells]

There really wouldn't be much point to making the passphrase easily 
recoverable as this would be a significant weakness in the security of 
the software imho.
I think this is one of those learning experiences you hear about
Simon
Robert Shand wrote:

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> Martin,
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> If you really have forgotten you passphrase there is very little you can
> do :(  The only option is to really start again, and to revoke your
> previous user ID, assuming you created a revocation certificate (Or you
> have a trusted revoker on your key who can do it for you)
>
> All the best
>
> Bob
>
> Ray Klassen wrote:
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> | I would say you need to start over with a new key...
> |
> |
> | On Tuesday 22 Jun 2004 00:24, Martin Habets wrote:
> |
> |>>Hopefully an easy one for all you gpg experts out there (hmm...).
> |>>I have forgotten my gpg passphrase. Is there any way I can find
> |>>out what it was?
> |>>Or do I need to create a new key now?
> |>>
> |>>Martin
> |>>
> |>>
> |>>
> |>>
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