encryption failed: unusable public key

[Ashutosh N Sharma]

bash-2.03$ gpg -r "xpress (comment) <kannan.w.ganesan at aexp.com>" --encrypt
/export/home/xpress/ashu/readme.txt
gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!
gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information
gpg: xpress (comment) <kannan.w.ganesan at aexp.com>: skipped: unusable public key
gpg: /export/home/xpress/ashu/readme.txt: encryption failed: unusable public
key
bash-2.03$ echo $?
2


when i go to $HOME/.gnupg- ls -la
bash-2.03$ ls -la
total 46
drwx------   2 xpress   logadmin     512 Jun 22 14:34 .
drwxr-xr-x 121 xpress   logadmin   12288 Jun 22 14:17 ..
-rw-------   1 xpress   logadmin    1147 Jun 22 14:32 pubring.gpg
-rw-------   1 xpress   logadmin    1147 Jun 22 14:32 pubring.gpg~
-rw-------   1 xpress   logadmin     600 Jun 22 14:32 random_seed
-rw-------   1 xpress   logadmin    2476 Jun 22 14:32 secring.gpg
-rw-------   1 xpress   logadmin    1280 Jun 22 14:32 trustdb.gpg

what we are missing-what i have done wrong...?


With Best Regards
Ashutosh Sharma
Enterprise Case, Communication, Billing & Payments

Email: ashutosh.n.sharma at aexp.com


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