SEAHORSE(1)

NAME
seahorse — a Gnome front end for GnuPG - the Gnu Privacy Guard program

SYNOPSIS

seahorse  [options]

DESCRIPTION

seahorse is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be carried out through an intuitive interface.

OPTIONS

seahorse recognizes these commands:

-?, --help
    Print usage information.

--version
    Print version information.

-w, --width ARG
    Set the width of the window.

-h, --height ARG
    Set the height of the window.

--xpos ARG
    Set the horizontal position of the window.

--ypos ARG
    Set the vertical position of the window.

-s, --sign
    Make a signature.

--clearsign
    Make a clear text signature.

-b, --detach-sign
    Make a detached signature.

-e, --encrypt
    Encrypt

-d, --decrypt
    Decrypt

--verify
    Verify a signature.

-a, --armor
    Create ascii armored output.

-t, --textmode
    Canonical Textmode Output

-r, --recipient NAME
    Sign/encrypt for NAME.

-f, --file FILE
    Use FILE instead of stdin.

-o, --output-file FILE
    Write output to FILE (using - will write to stdout).

RETURN VALUE

The program returns 0 if it completes normally and other error codes for fatal errors.

SEE ALSO

gpg

WARNINGS

You should read the GnuPG documentation before using this program since improper use could render it ineffective.

This is still alpha level software so there may be bugs or design problems which could compromise your privacy. I am reasonably confident that encrypting and signing files with seahorse is as secure as using GnuPG, however this program doesn't use setuid or any other technique to protect the passphrase for your secret key so there is a possibility that it could be swapped to disk at any time and consequently could be read by some one who has access to your PC. This may be an unacceptable risk depending on your circumstances so it might be advisable to consider using GnuPG instead.

BUGS

There are currently no known bugs.