On Sunday, March 09, 2014 22:06:07 Jack Chastain wrote: > > ... > > 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. > > This is the exact issue I am having as well - I presume the keys I have on > the flash drive (NOT on the laptop as described by the referenced page) is > the issue?
I think that's the problem, yes. > Is it just a matter of moving the key - temporarily - to the laptop? Sorry > to sound clueless - but it is an actual state, so I have no choice ;-) GPG won't let you do that. If you try to import a secret key that you already have in your secret keyring, it will reject the import. [Or at least that's been my experience.] Exactly how to deal with this correctly is a good question. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Apr 2 - Nginx: High-Performance HTTP Server, Reverse Proxy, and IMAP/POP3 Proxy Server May 7 - Google App Engine Jun 4 - Samba: Can We All Just Get Along?
