First of all, thanks very much for your time. > That is because you copied the key to the card and the on-disk key is > still available. Use > > gpg --delete-secret-key KEYID > > to remove the secret parts of the key. The run > > gpg --card-status > > so that gpg can create a "secret key stub" which is required to manage > the card.
This does not work. Maybe the problem is somwhere else. When I issue a toggle & keytocard, I only can chose between Signature Key(1) or Authentication Key (3). The encryption key (2) is not offered. However I do get asked, wether I want to replace the main key, what I considered as the encryption key so far. No matter wether I choose (1) or (3), after removal of the secret key from the ring I cannot decrypt any file. Natural, if the encryption key has not been transferred. bkuptocard requires a filename, which I do not have. Unless I export the secret key before, but haven't tried this yet. > LANG=C gpg xxxx > > to get English messages. As I am currently using gpg4win due to the fact, that no linux gnupg2 I tested so far does work reliably with the smartcard, this does unfortunately not work. > Import the public key and run "gpg --card-status" once. The URL field > of the card along with the --edit-card "fetch" command are pretty useful > here. The URL field is empty (not set). Also I can see the card owner, but not to whom the key was issued. However, I am not using any keyserver nor do I plan to. >> All I have is the cryptical_name.gpg on some rescued USB stick. Just, >> how >> do I get this key back on my card please? > > Import the public key and run > > gpg --edit-key KEYID > > the enter the command "bkuptocard". I did try this, however, this does not work. When I import the public key into a virgin system and edit that key, the bkuptocard menuitem does not appear and entering "toggle" as well as "bkuptocards" complain: "no secret key found" or "secret key needed". Running "gpg --card-status" before does not change this behaviour. To be able to get the key back on the card I currently do need both, the secret key, which is most likely more a stub, and the publc key. > The whole point of using a smartcard is that this it is not possible. Jep. After some thinking on my side this is absolutely correct. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
