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Commands using gpg from sorted by
Terminal - Commands using gpg - 37 results
nice -n19 dump -0af - /<filesystem> -z9|gpg -e -r <gpg key id>|cstream -v 1 -t 60k|ssh <user@host> "cat > backup.img"
2009-10-29 18:27:25
User: din7
Functions: dump gpg nice ssh
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Backup a filesystem to a remote machine and use cstream to throttle bandwidth of the backup

This command will nicely dump a filesystem to STDOUT, compress it, encrypt it with the gpg key of your choice, throttle the the data stream to 60kb/s and finally use ssh to copy the contents to an image on a remote machine.

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gpg --allow-multiple-messages --decrypt-files *
2009-09-20 11:50:41
User: bkn390
Functions: gpg
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gpg decrypt several files

Change directory (cd) to the directory where all your encrypted files are placed, and then run the command - then you are asked to insert your secret gpg password - ubuntu 8.04

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echo "SECRET MESSAGE" | gpg -e --armor -s | sendmail USER@DOMAIN.COM
2009-09-04 20:47:12
User: flip387
Functions: echo gpg sendmail
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Send a signed and encrypted email from the command line

A very simple command to send a signed and encrypted message from the command line using GPG Keys

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gpg --search-keys
2009-08-30 13:52:29
User: linuxswords
Functions: gpg
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Search gpg keys from commandline
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eval $(sed -n "s/^d[^D]*DB_\([NUPH]\)[ASO].*',[^']*'\([^']*\)'.*/_\1='\2'/p" wp-config.php) && mysqldump --opt --add-drop-table -u$_U -p$_P -h$_H $_N | gpg -er AskApache >`date +%m%d%y-%H%M.$_N.sqls`
2009-08-18 07:03:08
User: AskApache
Functions: eval gpg sed
Tags: bash GPG backup sed Encryption eval sql mysqldump wordpress
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Create Encrypted WordPress MySQL Backup without any DB details, just the wp-config.php

The coolest way I've found to backup a wordpress mysql database using encryption, and using local variables created directly from the wp-config.php file so that you don't have to type them- which would allow someone sniffing your terminal or viewing your shell history to see your info.

I use a variation of this for my servers that have hundreds of wordpress installs and databases by using a find command for the wp-config.php file and passing that through xargs to my function.

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curl -s http://defekt.nl/~jelle/pubkey.asc | gpg --import
2009-06-18 11:26:03
User: wires
Functions: gpg
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import gpg key from the web

imports a public key from the web. I know this by head.. but useful nevertheless

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tar -cf - folder/ | gpg -c > folder.tpg
2009-05-08 19:20:08
User: copremesis
Functions: gpg tar
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Encrypted Tarballs

gpg's compression is as suitable as gzip's however your backups can now be encrypted.

to extract use:

gpg < folder.tpg | tar -xf -
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tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9-_\$\?" < /dev/urandom | head -c 10 | gpg -e -r medha@nerdish.de > password.gpg
2009-02-25 08:48:26
User: hans
Functions: gpg head tr
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Create passwords and store safely with gpg

Adjust the

head -c

part for password length.

I use filenames like "hans@commandlinefu.com.gpg" and a vim which automatically decrypts files with .gpg suffixes.

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gpg --encrypt --recipient 'Foo Bar' foo.txt
2009-02-16 19:58:13
User: mariusz
Functions: gpg
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gpg encrypt a file

gpg command to encrypt a file on the command line.

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gpg --output foo.txt --decrypt foo.txt.pgp
2009-02-16 19:56:19
User: mariusz
Functions: gpg
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gpg decrypt a file

gpg command to decrypt a previously encrypted file on the command line.

Can be optionally made into an alias:

alias decrypt='gpg --output foo.txt --decrypt foo.txt.pgp'

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for x in *.pgp do `cat /file_with_the_passphrase.dat|(gpg --batch --no-tty --yes --passphrase-fd=0 --decrypt `basename $x`; ) > 'dump_content.dat'` done;
2009-02-15 03:09:28
User: insan3
Functions: gpg
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It decripts all pgp files in a selection folder and move the output into a file.
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gpg --keyserver pgp.surfnet.nl --recv-key 19886493
2009-02-06 02:24:28
User: liupeng
Functions: gpg
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Getting GnuPG Public Keys From KeyServer

get my GPG-key from pgp.surfnet.nl, key id is 19886493.

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