gpg: encryption failed: public key not found

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Thu Apr 7 21:08:44 CEST 2011


On 04/07/2011 02:55 PM, Hauke Laging wrote:
> The easiest way to solve this should be to import the public key as root

Or, have your cronjob switch to being the correct non-privileged user
before doing any of the rest of its work.

> and mark it as "trusted-key" in the config file.

I don't think this is either necessary or advisable.  If i understand
the docs correctly, it is equivalent to setting ultimate ownertrust on
the key, which has other consequences you might not intend.

	--dkg

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