New (key) signature import problem

Sini Ruohomaa sini.ruohomaa at iki.fi
Tue May 18 19:49:34 CEST 2004


Hello,

I have a bit of an embarassing problem.

I recently had a bit of a hassle with updating my key in order to
collect signatures to a version with only my new, "valid-forever" email
address. I lost a couple of signatures on the way. Now, after acquiring
this clean version, I got it exported and signed. The only problem is
that gpg --import <file containing signed key> gives the error:

gpg: key <id>: no valid user IDs
gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:           w/o user IDs: 1

Now, I fear that the version I've sent for signing didn't have a
self-signature, but I'm also somewhat confused as to how it would have
worked to sign it either. The key id given in the error message is
right. Is there a way I can get around this problem? This particular
signature I'll pretty much just lose without a technical solution,
otherwise I could just ask the signer over again until we get something
working out.

The -vvv output of the import command is attached. I'm afraid I don't
really understand what it's telling me. I figure I'll ask instead of
just archiving the file away again and giving up on it.

Sini Ruohomaa

PS. Please cc me in any replies, I'm an extra-lister.
-------------- next part --------------
gpg: using character set `iso-8859-1'
gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK
gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
gpg: armor header: Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.6 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>
:public key packet:
        version 4, algo 17, created 1004543255, expires 0
        pkey[0]: [1024 bits]
        pkey[1]: [160 bits]
        pkey[2]: [1023 bits]
        pkey[3]: [1022 bits]
:user ID packet: "Sini Ruohomaa <sini.ruohomaa at iki.fi>"
:signature packet: algo 17, keyid F20E00F1B7E40910
        version 4, created 1077915369, md5len 0, sigclass 13
        digest algo 2, begin of digest 71 57
        hashed subpkt 11 len 4 (pref-sym-algos: 7 10 3 4)
        hashed subpkt 21 len 2 (pref-hash-algos: 3 2)
        hashed subpkt 22 len 2 (pref-zip-algos: 2 1)
        hashed subpkt 23 len 1 (key server preferences: 80)
        hashed subpkt 2 len 4 (sig created 2004-02-27)
        subpkt 16 len 8 (issuer key ID F20E00F1B7E40910)
        data: [159 bits]
        data: [159 bits]
:signature packet: algo 17, keyid 97D99E3A3BC07511
        version 4, created 1038502054, md5len 0, sigclass 13
        digest algo 2, begin of digest f3 71
        hashed subpkt 2 len 4 (sig created 2002-11-28)
        critical hashed subpkt 3 len 4 (sig expires after 2y148d16h56m)
        subpkt 16 len 8 (issuer key ID 97D99E3A3BC07511)
        data: [157 bits]
        data: [157 bits]
:signature packet: algo 17, keyid 624DC565135EA668
        version 4, created 1078016036, md5len 0, sigclass 10
        digest algo 2, begin of digest 38 d7
        hashed subpkt 2 len 4 (sig created 2004-02-29)
        subpkt 16 len 8 (issuer key ID 624DC565135EA668)
        data: [159 bits]
        data: [157 bits]
:public sub key packet:
        version 4, algo 16, created 1004543263, expires 0
        pkey[0]: [1024 bits]
        pkey[1]: [3 bits]
        pkey[2]: [1024 bits]
:signature packet: algo 17, keyid F20E00F1B7E488DB
        version 4, created 1004543263, md5len 0, sigclass 18
        digest algo 2, begin of digest 4b da
        hashed subpkt 2 len 4 (sig created 2001-10-31)
        subpkt 16 len 8 (issuer key ID F20E00F1B7E488DB)
        data: [160 bits]
        data: [155 bits]
gpg: pub  1024D/B7E488DB 2001-10-31   Sini Ruohomaa <sini.ruohomaa at iki.fi>
gpg: key B7E488DB: skipped user ID 'Sini Ruohomaa <sini.ruohomaa at iki.fi>'
gpg: key B7E488DB: no valid user IDs
gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:           w/o user IDs: 1


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