WEBGPG(8)

💖 WEBGPG — the webgpg manual, but make it slay 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the webgpg(8) page 💅 this is a Debian GNU/Linux Documentation moment, section 8, group-chat edition. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

webgpg — initializes maildir subdirectory gpg

like, it makes the gpg folder inside your maildir exist and be ready. that's the whole vibe check. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

webgpg MAILDIR

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie ☕

webgpg creates a new subdirectory in the MAILDIR you hand it, and then it initializes that subdirectory. that's it. that's the job. ✨

and once that subdirectory is sitting there all cute and initialized? encryption/decryption in SqWebMail becomes available for that account. like, the lock 🔒 and unlock 🔓 era officially begins. no cap.

⚠️ big important one, don't skip this: webgpg must be executed by the same UID and GID which owns the MAILDIR. same user, same group, same energy. if you run it as somebody else, that's not it. 😭

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• gpg(1)
• /usr/share/doc/sqwebmail/GPG.html

go read those too, iykyk 💜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <racke@linuxia.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux system. iconic behavior, honestly 🫶

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🌈 SIGN-OFF 🌈

and that's the page, bestie!! this one comes to you courtesy of Debian GNU/Linux forky/sid, dated 2026-07-25, and yes it's still filed under WEBGPG(8) because we're keeping it official while keeping it cute 💖✨👑

mwah, go encrypt something responsibly. 🎀