On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Jens Adam <jra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> $ gpg --output tth_sec.gpg --armor --export-secret-key KeyID >> gpg: WARNING: nothing exported >> >> I have the tth_sec.pgp but with size of zero. >> >> What do I wrong? > > Are you doing this via ssh? In that case gpg-agent/pinentry often cause problems. > Try again with: > > $ GPG_TTY=$(tty) gpg --output tth_sec.gpg --armor --export-secret-key KeyID NO ssh. I just found the reason when running $ gpg --list-secret-keys. The command returned empty! Permission was set to 600 for items inside the gnupg folder. Setting permission to 700 for sub directories fixed it. $ ls ...... -rw------- 1 poisonivy poisonivy 1.7K Jul 6 13:34 tth_pub.gpg -rw------- 1 poisonivy poisonivy 3.6K Jul 6 14:46 tth_sec.gpg > > > —byte -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx
