Encrypt and Sign - strange problem to open on Windows

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Fri Jul 26 23:19:01 2002


On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 02:30:21PM -0600, Joseph wrote:
> I've created a simple file encrypt it with the recipient public key ONLY
> and he is able to decrypt the message on Windows
> 
> However, if I encrypt the same file an addition to his key to my key and
> sign it, he is not able to decrypt the message; why?
> 
> Here is how my command look to encrypt the file with his public key, my
> key and signature:
> 
> gpg -v --no-batch --comment "GPG ver. 1.0.7" -e -s -u xxxxxxxxxxxx -a
> --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /home/joseph/.gnupg/secring.gpg
> --keyring /home/joseph/.gnupg/pubring.gpg -r xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -o
> /home/joseph/text.doc.pgp /home/joseph/text.doc
> 
> I'm able to decrypt this file he is not, why?

I only see one '-r' for recipient there.  Which one are you encrypting
to (i.e. what's under the "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"?)

David

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