Accidentally deleted ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg

[renws]

It worked, and it was much easier than I expected, thank you so much!

WS

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Monday, August 17, 2020 6:31 PM, Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 04:33, renws said:
>
> > And I don't have any backup of my public key, so I would like to know
> > whether it's possible to decrypt my files (I've still got
> > ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d, which I think stores my private key?).
>
> If you just want to decrypt your files, you can do this:
>
> -   Create a new key, best using the mail address you used in your lost
>     key.
>
> -   Add a subkey so you can decrypt old data, for example
>
>     $ gpg --expert --edit-key NEWKEYID
>     Secret key is available.
>
>     [Prints infor about that key]
>
>     gpg> addkey
>     Please select what kind of key you want:
>     (3) DSA (sign only)
>     (4) RSA (sign only)
>     (5) Elgamal (encrypt only)
>     (6) RSA (encrypt only)
>     (7) DSA (set your own capabilities)
>     (8) RSA (set your own capabilities)
>     (10) ECC (sign only)
>     (11) ECC (set your own capabilities)
>     (12) ECC (encrypt only)
>     (13) Existing key
>     (14) Existing key from card
>     Your selection? 13
>     Enter the keygrip:
>
>     here you need to enter the keygrip of your lost key. That is the
>     name of the file in private-keys-v1.d/ without the ".key" suffix.
>     With your new key you should have 4 files in that directory, chekc
>     the date to pick the right one; if it does not work, you picked then
>     signing key and not the encryption key. Start over in this case.
>
>     Enter "save" and you have a new encryption subkey which matches the
>     old one mathematically.
>
> -   To decrypt with the new/old file you need to add the option:
>
>     --try-all-secrets
>
>     The last point is an obvious drawback but it is the easiest way to get
>     to your data.
>
>     Salam-Shalom,
>
>     Werner
>
>     --
>     Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.
>