Hi Timo, > But GPG asks you for a passphrase? Yes. > What is the output of test.gpg with "gpg --list-only --list-packets test.gpg"? :symkey enc packet: version 4, cipher 3, s2k 3, hash 2 salt 007b15fc1dd96a6f, count 96 after entring the passphrase gpg displays this: :encrypted data packet: length: 51 -- regards Thomas Braun