Hey guys,
Having a little gpg issue I was wondering if someone could help me with.
A friend of mine sent me an encrypted message. So I searched online and
found a a set of keys that correspond with his email address. And imported
them. But when I go to decrypt the message, this is what I get:
[root@ops:~] #gpg --decrypt roger-message
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID 9617EA5C, created 2014-10-01
"Roger Sherman <rsherman@xxxxxxxxxxx>"
*gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID 9A41C766*
*gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available*
Here's a listing of keys that shows his key imported:
[root@ops:~] #gpg --list-keys
/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
------------------------
pub 1024D/F186197B 2010-11-30
uid Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@xxxxxxxxx>
sub 2048g/B712B288 2010-11-30
Tim Dunphy <bluethundr@xxxxxxxxx>
*pub 2048R/9E0AD649 2014-10-01 [expires: 2016-10-01]*
*uid Roger Sherman <rsherman@xxxxxxxxxxx
<rsherman@xxxxxxxxxxx>>*
*sub 2048R/9617EA5C 2014-10-01 [expires: 2016-10-01]*
So maybe I just didn't import the right key? Or do you think the message
wasn't sent correctly? Who's the dummy here? Me or him? :)
Thanks
Tim
--
GPG me!!
gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B
I haven't messed with gpg for a while but it seems to me that the message
was encrypted with the worng key. In other words for you (Tim) to be able
to decrypt the message uaing your private key Roger should have encrypted
it with your public key. You should not have had to import Rogers keys.
However if had needed to verify Rogers signature you would need his public
key(s).
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