How to encrypt using public certificate\key

[shaarang tyagi]

Hello Peter,

I am talking about OpenPGP, i want to encrypt a file that follows openpgp
standard so but when i tried with the windows version of Gnupg , i was
getting an error "configuration not correct" (the error was more or less
similar) .
I was encrypting by selecting a certificate which i had imported , i had
also imported its root ca, so certificate chain was fully there but
encryption failed.
Also my certificate does not show up in "openpgp certificates" list , so i
am wondering that maybe the problem is that there is some specific "type"
of certificate is required, although my certificate has "file encryption"
present in its type!

Best Regards,
Shaarang
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On Sep 6, 2017 6:59 PM, "Peter Lebbing" <peter at digitalbrains.com> wrote:

> On 06/09/17 06:37, shaarang tyagi wrote:
> > I have a situation where I need to use GnuPG from command line and
> > encrypt a file using a public certificate or PEM public key
>
> First of all, are we talking about OpenPGP, S/MIME, or both? I notice
> you say PEM public key, which implies the X.509 and S/MIME ecosystem,
> but GnuPG is more commonly used for the OpenPGP ecosystem. The "gpgsm"
> binary of GnuPG does do S/MIME, though.
>
> Peter.
>
> --
> I use the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) in combination with Enigmail.
> You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy.
> My key is available at <http://digitalbrains.com/2012/openpgp-key-peter>
>
>
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