How can I change the passphrase on our secret keys?

helices gpg at mdsresource.net
Wed Apr 12 18:14:44 CEST 2017


Will,

Yes, I do have the passphrase.

My problem here is that gpg NEVER challenges me for the passphrase!



On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Senn, William <wsenn1 at twu.edu> wrote:

> You have to know the original secret key in order to make changes. If you
> have lost access to your original passphrase, you are completely out of
> luck.
>
> Will
>
>
> On 4/12/2017 11:02 AM, helices wrote:
>
> Yes, I saw that. On one host, that works.
>
> On other, I get following error:
> gpg> passwd
> Key is protected.
>
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Sempris <publickey at Sempris.com> <publickey at Sempris.com>"
> 4096-bit RSA key, ID 80167A71, created 2016-03-18
>
> gpg: cancelled by user
> Can't edit this key: Operation cancelled
>
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Alaric L. Dailey <alaricd at pengdows.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://blog.chapagain.com.np/gpg-how-to-change-edit-private-
>> key-passphrase/
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"helices" <gpg at mdsresource.net>
>> *To: *gnupg-users at gnupg.org
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:35:43 AM
>> *Subject: *How can I change the passphrase on our secret keys?
>>
>> How can I change the passphrase on our secret keys?
>>
>> I've searched Google and gnupg.org to no avail.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Versions:
>> gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.14
>> gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22
>>
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