Unusable secret key (adduid)
Ivan Markin
ivansunset at gmail.com
Mon Apr 13 21:23:13 CEST 2015
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On 04/13/2015 07:37 PM, Werner Koch wrote:> On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:01,
ivansunset at gmail.com said:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm using OpenPGP card to store my secret keys on it. Now I'm
>> adding a new UID to my key by running gpg2 --edit-key. What I've
>> got is this
>
> You need to insert your card to create a new UID.
>
>> gpg: secret key parts are not available gpg: signing failed:
>> Unusable secret key
>>
>> How to solve this?
>
> Insert the card. Check out that the card works by running
>
> gpg --card-status
>
Thank you for the reply, Werner.
Yes, card works perfectly. I've tried gpg2 --card-status. Nothing.
It forced me to find my backup key and add a UID with it (works as it
should).
As you may notice, GPG tells that "Secret key is available." because
my card is present.
Thanks,
Ivan
>
>
> Shalom-Salam,
>
> Werner
>
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