# NOTE: the last line of the output describes where the image was mounted.
tick checkbox for GPGMailLoader (In case you see more than one GPGMailLoader, pick the newest one) click Apply and Restart Mail. open Mail > Preferences > General > Manage Plug-Ins. If that did not work or you are still running macOS Mojave, to enable GPG Mail. # Mount the DMG image so we can access it's contents On macOS Big Sur and Monterey, GPG Mail should automatically be activated. You’ll see it has usage: A which means this is an authentication subkey.This is hardly a gpg specific question, it should be asked an OSX systems support section, however, I will answer the best I can, but specific only to the installing GPGTools for OSX (the process for installing other dmg/pkg's on OSX might differ). You’ll now be returned to the summary screen that will show your key with a new subkey listed. Enter whatever expiration date you’d like using the options on the screen and then press Y then Return.įinally you’ll be asked if you’re ready to create Really create? (y/N) and you can continue by pressing Y then Return. It’s a good idea to set this to the same expiration date of your master key as if you pick an earlier date, your key will stop functioning for authentication on that date.
You’ll now have to enter an expiration date for your subkey. When asked for a key size, enter 4096 and press Return.
If it doesn’t, toggle the options using the keys above until only ‘Authenticate’ is listed. The output should now read Current allowed actions: Authenticate, with nothing else listed on that line. Press A then Return to toggle the Authenticate action on Press E then Return to toggle the Encrypt action off Move to a location we can work cd /tmp Retrieve the DMG for. Press S then Return to toggle the Sign action off This is hardly a gpg specific question, it should be asked an OSX systems support section, however, I will answer the best I can, but specific only to the installing GPGTools for OSX (the process for installing other dmg/pkgs on OSX might differ). By default it selects both the sign and encrypt actions, so we need to toggle both of these off, and then toggle authentication on. Now we need to tell GPG which actions we would like this subkey to perform. Select (8) RSA (set your own capabilities) by entering 8 and pressing Return. You’ll now be prompted to select the type of key you want to add.
Gpg for mac mac#
If you haven’t got Homebrew on your Mac yet, check out my Getting Started with Homebrew guide before continuing.
Gpg for mac install#
My preferred method is to use the Homebrew package manager to quickly install the command line version.
You can further automate this by using the ssh-agent process to provide your key automatically when initiating an SSH session. You then pass this key to your SSH client when connecting to remote servers that have a copy of your public key in their authorized_keys file and login without needing to type a password. Without explaining how the process works in detail, normally you would generate an RSA key-pair to use with SSH and this file will be stored on your local machine in ~/.ssh/. For this reason, many servers are configured to accept public key authentication as an alternative method of verifying identity.
Gpg for mac password#
While password authentication is the default method most SSH (Secure Shell) clients use to authenticate with remote servers, there’s plenty of potential security vulnerabilities with this approach.