On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 09:19:33PM -0700, Rocko wrote: > When i try to decrypt a file the letters in the terminal window get > crazy. > its like they become encrypted, or maybe the terminal is displaying the > encrypted file in the window, i really don't know. > all i know is i can't decrypt any files that i've encrpyted. > > using gpg --decrypt filename > on Unbuntu Dapper
Does the original file contain binary data? Are you using symmetric or public-key encryption? Could you show the encryption command? If you redirect standard output, do you get any errors? gpg -d filename > filename.decrypted What do you get for the following? echo test | gpg -c | gpg -d You should be prompted twice for the encryption passphrase, then prompted for the decryption passphrase. The final output should look like this: gpg: CAST5 encrypted data gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase test gpg: WARNING: message was not integrity protected -- Michael Fuhr _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
