I have a seldom-used need to encrypt a few files, and the last time I did was
on a gentoo system running 2.0.20.
gpg -e <source >dest -r [email protected]
I have migrated the .gnupg dir to an Ubuntu 18.04 system running 2.2.24, and
the gpg command seems to have mutated. The gentoo 2.0.20 command can decrypt
what the Ubuntu 2.2.24 command encrypts. But the Ubuntu 2.2.24 command will
not decrypt either what it just encrypted or what the gentoo 2.0.20 command
encrypted:
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit ELG key, ID 18DCDD20A3362105, created
yyyy-mm-dd
"Felix Finch (Scarecrow Repairman) <[email protected]>"
gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
The enceyption command also seems pickier:
gpg: 18DCDD20A3362105: There is no assurance this key belongs to the named
user
sub elg2048/18DCDD20A3362105 1999-12-06 Felix Finch (Scarecrow Repairman)
<[email protected]>
Primary key fingerprint: E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151
Subkey fingerprint: 1A59 C8A1 81FB 6780 641C D17E 18DC DD20 A336
2105
It is NOT certain that the key belongs to the person named
in the user ID. If you *really* know what you are doing,
you may answer the next question with yes.
Use this key anyway? (y/N)
Can someone offer an explanation so I don't have to dredge through a zillion
changelogs to see why 2.2.24 is pickier? What does it mean to say there is no
secret key?
--
... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._.
Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & wood chipper / [email protected]
GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933
I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o
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