Hi, I have a file on my hard disk with passwords for various websites I manage, email lists, email addresses, etc. The file is encrypted with GPG. I use the built-in editor in KGPG to decrypt the file, view or edit it and then encrypt it again.
Today I go to look up a password and it won't decrypt! All it says is "Decryption failed." and when I click for details it says "[GNUPG:] NODATA 3" If I try gpg --decrypt filename I get gpg: CRC error; ab4925 - cbb02b gpg: encrypted_mdc packet with unknown version 255 Now, I have two questions: 1) Is there anything I can do to restore the file? 2) How could it have got corrupted? I hadn't edited the file since I last used it and, to my untrained eye, it still looks like an encrypted file. (The only slightly odd thing is that one line halfway through the file is only 1/3 the length of all the others.) Any help gratefully received. I can't remember all the passwords and may be able to get them back but may not... Adam PS: In case it's relevant: Slackware 10 based system with 2.6.14 kernel. GnuPG v1.2.4 KGPG 1.1.2 KDE 3.5.1 -- "I thought cars were the dominant species on your planet and I was just trying to introduce myself" Ford Prefect Use encrypted email! Get my GPG public key at www.conways.name _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
