can not decrypt file suddenly

[jason zhang]

Here are the output from "file" and "gpg --list-packets"

[jason at f15 ~]$ file .jsbk.gpg
.jsbk.gpg: DOS executable (COM)
[jason at f15 ~]$ gpg --list-packets .jsbk.gpg
:symkey enc packet: version 4, cipher 3, s2k 3, hash 2
    salt 51c310499a629643, count 65536 (96)
gpg: CAST5 encrypted data
:encrypted data packet:
    length: unknown
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: bad key
[jason at f15 ~]$ file .pingpin.gpg
.pingpin.gpg: DOS executable (COM)
[jason at f15 ~]$ gpg --list-packets .pingpin.gpg
:symkey enc packet: version 4, cipher 3, s2k 3, hash 2
    salt a31c35cff9314421, count 65536 (96)
gpg: CAST5 encrypted data
:encrypted data packet:
    length: unknown
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: bad key

Thanks

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.email> wrote:

> On 4/13/15 8:56 PM, jason zhang wrote:
>
>> Hi Doug
>> Yes, the problem started after the unscheduled shutdown. Unfortunately,
>> I don't have an archived version. The problem is that another
>> encrypted,  which I have not touched for sometime, cann't be opened
>> either.
>>
>
> Well I'm sorry to say, that sounds like the files are corrupted. Run the
> following commands on both files (substitute <file> for the actual file
> names), and report the results:
>
> file <file>
> gpg --list-packets <file>
>
> (Yes, the first command above is literally the word "file")
>
>
> Doug
>
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