[kde-doc-english] [Kde-pim] Fwd: Help

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Wednesday 17 December 2014 16:25:56 Sandro Knauß wrote:
> Hy,
> 
> > Can somebody answer the question (please keep Melody CCed as she is not
> > subscribed)?
> 
> We should move the conversation to: kdepim-users at kde.org

The gnupg-users at gnupg.org mailing list may be even better.


> > Is there a way to change a pass phrase on a set of keys.
> 
> if you are talking about gpg keys. Than you can use the terminal:
> 
> gpg --edit-key 0x<KEYID>
> passwd
> 
> (okay only a workaround :)

Well, you cannot change the passphrase that protects a key if you don't know 
the old passphrase. If I understand correctly, then Melody forgot the 
passphrase of the Melodee Faye key. If she cannot guess the passphrase then 
the only option is a brute force attack trying all possible passphrases.


Regards,
Ingo
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