I cant move my secret key from one machine to an other machine

Mathias Johansson bmjbmj@telia.com
Sat May 25 19:21:01 2002


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Pleas HELP!

I have searched the messages archive and *ReadTFM* (-; But I still have =
this problem:

I generated a public and a secret key with GnuPG under Windows a month =
ago. Now I like to use it with my Linux system. So I exported both the =
public and secret key to a disk (a.key and b.key) and then imported =
first the public key white 'gpg --import a.key', and then the secret key =
with 'pgp --allow-secret-key-import b.key'.
The respons to the first command was as usual and the respons to the =
second one was:
sec 1024D/...some numbers... 2002-04-12 ...my name... <...my mail...>
ssb 1024g/...some numbers...=20

But something is wrong! I can encrypt on both system and decrypt on the =
Windows machine but on the Linux system I get the following message:
decrypting failed:secret key not available. (I have backtranslated this =
from my native language, wich is swedish, and what my Mandrake 8.2 =
installation speeks (-;)

I would be very grateful if some one knows something about this problem =
or could direkt me to a letter or a webpage with the answer.

With regards B Mathias Johansson





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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pleas HELP!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have searched the messages archive =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I generated a public and a secret key =
with GnuPG=20
under Windows a month ago. Now I like to use it with my Linux system. =
So&nbsp;I=20
exported both the public and secret key to a disk (a.key and b.key) and =
then=20
imported first the public key white 'gpg --import a.key', and then the =
secret=20
key with 'pgp --allow-secret-key-import b.key'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The&nbsp;respons to the first command =
was as usual=20
and the respons to the second one was:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>sec 1024D/...some numbers... 2002-04-12 =
...my=20
name... &lt;...my mail...&gt;</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2>1024g/...some numbers... </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>But something is wrong! I can encrypt =
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system and decrypt on the Windows machine but on the Linux system I get =
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available. (I have=20
backtranslated this from my native&nbsp;language, wich is swedish, and =
what my=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would be very grateful if some one=20
knows&nbsp;something about this problem or could direkt me to a letter =
or a=20
webpage&nbsp;with the answer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With regards B Mathias =
Johansson</FONT></DIV>
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