I wasn't able to extend the validity of my gpg key, because instead of promting me with the passphase request I got this error:
but I've a private key, and I'm able both to sign and decrypt. Anyone can help? Below details about the error ### Version Info: SO is Windows 7 ### set LANG=en C:\Users\me>gpg --help gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22 (Gpg4win 2.2.1) libgcrypt 1.5.3 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Home: C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\gnupg Supported algorithms: Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ?, ? Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH, CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256 Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224 Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 ### Signing a document is ok ### C:\Users\me\Downloads>gpg -vvv -s volterra_saggi_scientifici.epub gpg: using character set `CP850' gpg: using PGP trust model gpg: key 3D2B665D: accepted as trusted key gpg: using subkey 658682A5 instead of primary key 3D2B665D You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "MyName <repl@ced>" gpg: using subkey 658682A5 instead of primary key 3D2B665D 2048-bit DSA key, ID 658682A5, created 2012-02-26 (main key ID 3D2B665D) File `volterra_saggi_scientifici.epub.gpg' exists. Overwrite? (y/N) y gpg: writing to `volterra_saggi_scientifici.epub.gpg' gpg: DSA/SHA256 signature from: "658682A5 MyName <repl@ced>" ### Editing to extend expiration date fails ### C:\Users\me\Downloads>gpg -vvv --edit-key repl@ced gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22; Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. gpg: using character set `CP850' gpg: using PGP trust model gpg: key 3D2B665D: accepted as trusted key Secret key is available. pub 2048D/3D2B665D created: 2012-02-16 expires: 2014-02-16 usage: SC trust: ultimate validity: ultimate sub 3072g/791B80B4 created: 2012-02-16 expires: 2014-02-16 usage: E sub 2048D/658682A5 created: 2012-02-26 expires: 2014-02-25 usage: S [ultimate] (1). MyName <repl@ced> gpg> expire Changing expiration time for the primary key. Please specify how long the key should be valid. 0 = key does not expire <n> = key expires in n days <n>w = key expires in n weeks <n>m = key expires in n months <n>y = key expires in n years Key is valid for? (0) 2y Key expires at 02/07/16 20:28:52 W. Europe Standard Time Is this correct? (y/N) y gpg: secret key parts are not available gpg: make_keysig_packet failed: Unusable secret key thanks _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
