Rivertown.Net Presents: Config syntax

Parameter

Default Value

Description

Armor

off

When on, always produces ASCII output.

ArmorLines

720

Maximum number of lines per ASCII conversion. The reason behind this is that most Internet mailers prohibit files greater than 50,000 bytes which 720 lines is well within. Overflow is put in separate files.

ClearSig

Makes digitally signed messages preserve the body as readable text only when the -sta options are invoked.

Comment

If the line comment = "string" appears in the config.txt file then the line Comment: "string" will appear in all ASCII armor files whether they are encrypted, signed, or both. The comment appears under the version number.

Completes_Needed

The number of completely trusted signatures required to declare a Key ID/User ID combination valid.

Interactive

off

Asks confirmation for adding keys.

KeepBinary

off

While decrypting, PGP will not delete the intermediary .pgp binary.

Languange

Language for displaying warnings and prompts.
Available languages:
en = English (default), es = Spanish,
fr = French, de = German,
it = Italian, br = Brazilian portuguese

>Marginals Needed

Number of marginally trusted signatures required to declare a Key ID/User ID combination valid.

PubRing

~/.pgp/pubring.pgp

Default pathname for public key ring.

Randseed

~/.pgp/randseed.bin

Default pathname for default rand number seed file.

SecRing

~/.pgp/secring.pgp

Pathname for default secret key ring.

TextMode

off

When on, assumes that all input files will be standard ASCII and ensures line feeds and carriage returns won't be corrupted.
This is the same as having the -t option.

TMP

Directory name for PGP scratch files.

Verbose

Amount of information supplied on the screen.
There are 3 options:
0 Displays messages only if there is a problem
1 Normal Setting
2 Maximum information, helpful only when trying to diagnose problems

Table 1: A few of the options for config.txt

Table 1: A few of the options for `config.txt`