-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I ran a brief test, and was able to recover from this. Before you do anything, I recommend making a backup of ~/.gnupg so you can easily restore it. Here are my results, where 0xae742aaf is my key:
#backup ~/.gnupg cp -a ~/.gnupg ~/.gnupg.orig #make and encrypt a test file touch test gpg -e -r 0xae742aaf test That worked fine. Then I moved the public keyring to break things: mv ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg.orig gpg test.gpg and it said: gpg: keyring `/home/tyler/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created gpg: key AE742AAF: secret key without public key - skipped gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID C6570DCB gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available #export the secret key, because exporting public won't work gpg --export-secret-key -o secret.key 0xae742aaf #delete it so we can re-import gpg --delete-secret-key 0xae742aaf (answer yes to the prompts) gpg --import secret.key The output included: gpg: key AE742AAF: secret key imported gpg: key AE742AAF: public key "Tyler Spivey <[email protected]>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) gpg: secret keys read: 1 gpg: secret keys imported: 1 once done, the decryption of test.gpg worked fine. Hope this helps. CONNIE RODRIGUEZ wrote: > Great!! Thank you for your help. I will post on how it went. > >>>> Larry Brower <[email protected]> 3/29/2010 7:15 PM >>> > CONNIE RODRIGUEZ wrote: >> This is a development box..no backup. Can I copy from the another >> environment? >> > > yes if you have the key on another server such as a production box. > > gpg --export-secret-key -a > a-filename-here > > copy it to the dev box with something like scp > > then on the dev box > > gpg --import a-filename-here > > make sure to remove the file you generated exporting the key. You > don't want someone to see copy it ;) > > shred -f -n 1000 -z -v -u a-filename-here > > > </pre> <span style="color: rgb(0, 160, 0); font-weight: bold;">Please > consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><br /> > <br /> > > <span style="font-size: 8pt;">This e-mail, facsimile, or letter and any > files or attachments transmitted with it contains<br /> > information that is confidential and privileged. This > information is intended only for the use of the <br /> > individual(s) and entity(ies) to whom it is addressed. If you > are the intended recipient, further <br /> > > disclosures are prohibited without proper authorization. If you > are not the intended recipient, any <br /> > disclosure, copying, printing, or use of this information is > strictly prohibited and possibly a <br /> > violation of federal or state law and regulations. If you have > received this information in error, <br /> > please notify Children's Medical Center Dallas immediately at > 214-456-4444 or via e-mail at <br /> > [email protected]. Children's Medical Center Dallas and its > affiliates hereby claim all <br /> > applicable privileges related to this information.</span><br /> > > <br /> > </html> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users - -- Tyler Spivey - PGP Key ID: 0xae742aaf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJLsVuWAAoJEPb0SlyudCqv0gUQAIXn8/K4MhgYikjtDodY6GyI 8/Ge07rWrTYcGuxFRAMBhMpRfJ41rTn69WvCJB03QYtIGuunASNGWFvFwnBLvfQ5 ms9A3XJMd4qx0sLyvcOhfJKaQcR26MSHmmuw5n6WxxC9Oc5IhVnEgt+YOn68ye0r rtM2q5VzZwU3cFdwgyfF0nsUPFVVA9e7/RKncURy2qPy8tlDMJCde+c3DCYcPwfi 5fDrHjfzXk6tEdiKeZYpwtNEksOvOdiuolFzwbg8d2i0vvsndzz2GwZgdgRGWg0R pWcRNYss4YRScwwhg4Xpe9w/b0lDAOeqZFT/IzdUIkWDo+gsiil5+t3OBwxWfKtq lSjNZ3Dp4PvAP0Qxfq0XmP6OV4M0oTH8WzLSl7QN47wVRVa9IBw8hyvo0oMsPp04 mC5cKKruaB9EG/sDU7AJ9mjJSF2DE46RzkH3nGGXySacJi+CvUym7mawS3Nqh1Sl DJTIkheTbQ+Mfy+QPHPXY5+g98GXBT0sMVXUCAcYW3ECkIWY+WRRsOKOVcbFVwXp AbwZp6U7x6qw/puP1mAMuYakvoq+d2biE729SY6+dLY8lWIat+ANgEu+KyBsGnS7 ddP8BnrTzHnDSQtSHnk7vCznuhHUhC3w/VKi6knjRJzXp7pwuIHzuSkDS2ue0hcC eOoBBAbNg61BpsLazyma =gVix -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
