decryption failed: secret key not available

[Rahul R]

Thanks for the quick reply Hauke.. :-)

Can you please help me in importing the secret key?

Whats the command I should use and how?

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Hauke Laging <mailinglisten at hauke-laging.de
> wrote:

> Am Mittwoch 21 Juli 2010 17:22:28 schrieb Rahul R:
> > Hi All,,
> >
> > When I try to decrypt a file which was encrypted with my key by a vendor,
> I
> > am getting an error as below.
> >
> > -----------------------
> >
> > gpg --yes --output 123.txt.out --decrypt 123.txt.out.pgp
> > gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit ELG-E key, ID 424E35F0, created 2010-05-11
> >       "TEST_ENV (For testing new test env) <testenv_gpg at ironmountain.com
> >"
> > gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
> >
> > ------------------------
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on how to troubleshoot this?
>
> The error message isn't hard to understand, is it?
>
> "gpg --list-secret-keys" shows you the available secret keys of your gpg
> configuration. You need the key with the ID 424E35F0 which is obviously
> missing.
>
> Under Linux:
> gpg --list-secret-keys | grep -i eccb5814
> sec#  1024D/0xECCB5814 2005-09-05
>
> This is an examply with my key. "gpg --list-secret-keys | grep -i 424E35F0"
> probably does not deliver any content.
>
> You need import the secret key 424E35F0.
>
>
> Hauke
> --
> PGP: D44C 6A5B 71B0 427C CED3 025C BD7D 6D27 ECCB 5814
>



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Regards,
Rahul R

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