Re: [SLUG] Creating a gpg key

[Stephen Robert Norris <srn@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 02:23:50PM +1000, Ken Caldwell wrote:
> 'Afternoon all,
> I'm trying to create a key pair for tomorrow night's key signing party
> but am not getting very far. I issue the command:
> 
> gpg --gen-key
> 
> and when asked to enter my real name I have
> tried:
> 
> Kenneth Caldwell <kencaldwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> and also 
> 
> "Kenneth Caldwell <kencaldwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> 
> but in either case I get the message
> 
> Invalid character in name
> 
> I have tried this both from an xterminal (rxvt) and from an ordinary
> text terminal.
> What am I doing wrong?
> TIA

You need to read the bit of text immediately above the prompt. That
should make it clear.

	Stephen
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