Re: [Duplicity-talk] symmetric encryption

[Kenneth Loafman]

Paul Harris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I love duplicity, but I couldn't figure one bit out...
> 
> I have a couple of gpg public keys, and my duplicity backups are
> encrypted with one of them, but I worry about losing my keys and then
> losing my backups forever.
> 
> I would prefer to use symmetric encryption so all I need to remember is
> a password...
> 
> I tried a bunch of different ways but wasn't successful.
> 
> What is the magic command line to do symmetric encryption when there are
> existing keys in .gpg ?

If you leave off the --encrypt-key and --sign-key options, duplicity
defaults to using symmetric encryption and will ask you for a password.
 No keys are used.

Not sure what you mean by "...when there are existing keys in .gpg".

...Ken

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