getting an encrypted file to show what public key was used

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 29 May 2012 15:45, lefevre.10 at osu.edu said:

> $> gpg --decrypt sensitive_file.gpg
> gpg: encrypted with ELG-E key, ID F1940956
> gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available

Use 

   gpg --keyid-format long --decrypt sensitive_file.gpg

to see the non-abbreviated key ID as stored in the file.  Use this to
find the key on a server, etc.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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