I apologize for not singing any keys yet. Turns out I do not have the part of the key that can sign:
$ gpg -K /home/joe/.gnupg/secring.gpg ---------------------------- sec# 4096R/2190E068 2014-01-28 uid Joseph T Apuzzo (2-Work) <[email protected]> uid Joseph T Apuzzo (1-Primary) <[email protected]> uid Joseph T Apuzzo (3-Alternative) <[email protected]> ssb 4096R/AA0AE7E5 2014-01-28 ssb 4096R/FCB05E48 2014-01-28 Note that "sec#" means that you can sign files and encrypt but not sign keys with that key. This was by design as I followed https://alexcabal.com/creating-the-perfect-gpg-keypair/ Since these keys are on a laptop $ gpg --sign-key --ask-cert-level [email protected] pub 4096R/816F0300 created: 2014-03-04 expires: never usage: SC trust: unknown validity: unknown sub 4096R/4E452801 created: 2014-03-04 expires: never usage: E [ unknown] (1). Michael Kershaw (Dragorn) <[email protected]> pub 4096R/816F0300 created: 2014-03-04 expires: never usage: SC trust: unknown validity: unknown Primary key fingerprint: 6731 7A3F 0058 51ED 6B00 5238 0AFF EC2F 816F 0300 Michael Kershaw (Dragorn) <[email protected]> How carefully have you verified the key you are about to sign actually belongs to the person named above? If you don't know what to answer, enter "0". (0) I will not answer. (default) (1) I have not checked at all. (2) I have done casual checking. (3) I have done very careful checking. Your selection? (enter `?' for more information): 3 Are you sure that you want to sign this key with your key "Joseph T Apuzzo (1-Primary) <[email protected]>" (2190E068) I have checked this key very carefully. Really sign? (y/N) y gpg: secret key parts are not available gpg: signing failed: general error Key not changed so no update needed. joe@Mint-VirtualBox ~ $ So the problem I have is that the original keys and revocation certificate are on a flash drive. Which actually died, I can not access it. Anyone have any ideas on how I could correct this? Some way to sign a new key and revoke the broken one? -- Joe /** ** Joseph T Apuzzo ** GPFS SME (Linux, Windows, AIX), Linux LPI-c1 ** http://www.linkedin.com/in/japuzzo/ **/
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