On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:41:59AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote: > > Is there any chance to force decryption of the files? > > My secret keys are located on a OpenPGP smartcard. > > @item --try-all-secrets > Don't look at the key ID as stored in the message but try all secret > keys in turn to find the right decryption key. This option forces the > behaviour as used by anonymous recipients (created by using > @option{--throw-keyids}) and might come handy in case where an encrypted > message contains a bogus key ID.
Thanks for the answer, but no success with this either: $ gpg2 -vv --try-all-secrets file1.pgp :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 1, keyid xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx data: [2048 bits] gpg: public key is xxxxxxxx gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 96C5988D ... gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key xxxxxxxx ... gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key xxxxxxxx ... [...] :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 1, keyid FD377E2D96C5988D data: [1024 bits] gpg: public key is 96C5988D gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 96C5988D ... gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key xxxxxxxx ... gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key xxxxxxxx ... [...] :encrypted data packet: length: unknown gpg: encrypted with 1024-bit RSA key, ID 96C5988D, created 2006-12-03 "Michel Messerschmidt <m...@michel-messerschmidt.de>" gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID xxxxxxxx gpg: decryption failed: No secret key I don't think gpg has problem identifying and finding the secret key, but it refuses to decrypt a message with a key that had no encryption capability set during key creation. I'm looking for a way to change or override the key type (Sign / Encrypt / Certify / Authenticate). And what might happen if I try to delete or disable my encryption subkey ? Will the primary key be used for de-/encryption? Michel _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users