Can't use GPG key - secret key not available

[david at gbenet.com]

Hi,

If you are using a key to encrypt backups - then you are able to decrypt - as well as encrypt.

What operating system are you using?

A good idea would be to go to the pgpnet at yahoogroups.com and post your question there
telling them what operating system you are using and giving a read out of what the problem is.

If you are using a Windows O/S it could be an issue with the path statement. I am no expert
on Windows O/S I use Linux. If you join pgnet at yahoogroups.com you will find a friendly bunch
of people who can help you out.

David

On 05/01/11 18:08, Madhusudan Singh wrote:
> Hello David,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I am not using this key for any email program.
> 
> I am using it to sign and encrypt my backups.
> 
> I do have a key pair (I think - I followed instructions from the gpg home
> page):
> 
> $gpg --list-keys
> pub   4096R/F784A849 2010-09-29
> uid                  Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan at gmail.com>
> sub   4096R/BB9A877C 2010-09-29
> 
> $gpg --list-secret-keys
> sec   4096R/F784A849 2010-09-29
> uid                  Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan at gmail.com>
> ssb   4096R/BB9A877C 2010-09-29
> 
> I am not really a gpg expert, but those two above came from pubring.gpg and
> secring.gpg, respectively.
> 
> I have tried revoking, deleting and regenerating new keys many times, but it
> has not worked.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:35 PM, david at gbenet.com <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Well for a start you failed to create a key pair - that is a private and
> public key. What I
> suggest you do is to uninstall and start over.
> 
> You will also need to install thunderbird email programme and add enigmail
> via addons. Once
> you have these installed then you need to reinstall gpg.
> 
> If you can do that I will help you complete the rest of the setup.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>>>> I had given up on this last year but want to make the key signing work
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> I still have the same error:
>>>>
>>>> GPG error detail: Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> ýýFile "/opt/local/bin/duplicity", line 1245, in <module>
>>>> ýý ýwith_tempdir(main)
>>>> ýýFile "/opt/local/bin/duplicity", line 1238, in with_tempdir
>>>> ýý ýfn()
>>>> ýýFile "/opt/local/bin/duplicity", line 1211, in main
>>>> ýý ýfull_backup(col_stats)
>>>> ýýFile "/opt/local/bin/duplicity", line 417, in full_backup
>>>> ýý ýglobals.backend)
>>>> ýýFile "/opt/local/bin/duplicity", line 295, in write_multivol
>>>> ýý ýglobals.gpg_profile, globals.volsize)
>>>> ýýFile
>>>>
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/gpg.py",
>>>> line 283, in GPGWriteFile
>>>> ýý ýfile.write(data)
>>>> ýýFile
>>>>
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/gpg.py",
>>>> line 153, in write
>>>> ýý ýself.gpg_failed()
>>>> ýýFile
>>>>
> "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/gpg.py",
>>>> line 165, in gpg_failed
>>>> ýý ýraise GPGError, msg
>>>> GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below:
>>>> ===== Begin GnuPG log =====
>>>> gpg: no default secret key: secret key not available
>>>> gpg: [stdin]: sign+encrypt failed: secret key not available
>>>> ===== End GnuPG log =====
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below:
>>>> ===== Begin GnuPG log =====
>>>> gpg: no default secret key: secret key not available
>>>> gpg: [stdin]: sign+encrypt failed: secret key not available
>>>> ===== End GnuPG log =====
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Charly Avital <shavital at mac.com
>>>> <mailto:shavital at mac.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Madhusudan Singh wrote the following on 10/1/10 2:35 PM:
>>>>     > Tried this.
>>>>     >
>>>>     > No use.
>>>>     >
>>>>     > I have two keys installed on this machine (different email
> addresses).
>>>>     > It just can't seem to use the newer one, regardless of the
> default-key
>>>>     > parameter.
>>>>     >
>>>>     > Do I have to restart start-gpg-agent on Mac ? If so, how do I
> restart
>>>>     > without rebooting ?
>>>>
>>>>     I am not familiar with duplicity backup to S3.
>>>>
>>>>     I don't know whether restarting gpg-agent will help (without
> rebooting),
>>>>     but try this.
>>>>
>>>>     Locate start-gpg-agent.app (it is, in fact, an application) and
> double
>>>>     click on it.
>>>>
>>>>     Another factor comes to mind. Have you signed your "new" key with the
>>>>     "old" one? It is just possible (I am speculating) that the systems
> does
>>>>     not recognize your new key because it has not been authenticated with
>>>>     your default key.
>>>>
>>>>     Best regards,
>>>>     Charly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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