What am I doing wrong?

david at gbenet.com david at gbenet.com
Wed Mar 18 22:07:32 CET 2015


On 18/03/15 12:18, Mark Walter wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> I'm having issues with encrypt and decrypt and I know it's something I'm doing wrong. I created a key with Kelopatra. Imported it into GNU Privacy Assistant. It shows up as Fully Valid.
> 
> Next, to test, I created the text file test.txt and used the following command to encrypt it.
> gpg -e -u myuser at domain.net -r myuser at domain.net test.txt
> 
> The file test.txt.gpg showed up in my folder.
> 
> Next, I tried to decrypt it using the following syntax.
> gpg -d test.txt.gpg
> 
> And I get the following error.
> Gpg decryption failed: No secret key
> 
> Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. This used to not be an issue.
> 
> This is Windows Server 2012.
> 
> Thanks in advance	
> 
> Mark Walter
> 
> Business to Business Data Integration Specialist
> Certified IBM System i Specialist
> Paragon Consulting Services, Inc.
> mwalter at paragon-csi.com
> 717-764-7909 ext. 20
> 
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So you created a private and public key - then encrypted a file and you entered your
passphrase (password you created when generating your keys)?

David


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