On 14/11/14 04:11, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Hi David-- > > You sound frustrated. hopefully we can help you figure things out. > > Some of the details of what's happened on your machine(s) sound unclear > to me, and we'll be able to help you better with more precise information. > > On 11/13/2014 04:31 PM, da...@gbenet.com wrote: >> Even when I use a backup programme and restore I still get the same error >> message. > > What backup program did you use? What version of gnupg were you using > on your old computer? what platform was your old machine? what > platform is your new machine? > > If you feel comfortable sharing any of this information, i'd be curious > to see the outcome (on both old and new machines) of any of the > following series of commands: > > uname -a > ls -la ~/.gnupg > gpg --version > gpg --list-secret-keys 0xAAD8C47D > echo test | gpg --clearsign -u 0xAAD8C47D > > If it looks like this information is too sensitive to post to the list, > but you feel ok sending it to me privately, you're welcome to send it to > me privately (my OpenPGP fingerprint is at the bottom of this mail if > you wish to encrypt it). > >> So no-one >> has ever copied their .gnupg folder to another laptop. No one has ever done >> this with any >> success. > > I can say based on personal experience that this is not the case. I > have done several such transfers, for myself and for other people. > >> You have all failed. Clearly there's something wrong with gnupg that does >> not like >> being backed up copied whatever. If it were another programme say >> Thunderbird no one would >> use Thunderbird. They would say Thunderbird was crap. > > I'm going to treat this paragraph as you expressing your frustration, > instead of reading it as an attack on the developers of GnuPG. Other > people might read it differently, and may find it demotivating in terms > of helping you with your current situation. > > Please remember that there are human beings on the other side of your > e-mail, people who are remarkably committed to helping others, but who > also have their own feelings. > > Regards, > > --dkg > > OpenPGP Fingerprint: 0EE5BE979282D80B9F7540F1CCD2ED94D21739E9 > > Hi Daniel,
Firstly I can neither encrypt or sign. I have two laptops (1) 32 bit LXD (2) 64 bit LXD my 64 bit machine crashed and went off for repairs. It came back I reinstalled the operating system and all programmes - now a mirror image of my 32 bit LXD. Then I did the following: (1) david@laptop-1:~$ gpg gpg: directory `/home/david/.gnupg' created gpg: new configuration file `/home/david/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created gpg: WARNING: options in `/home/david/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet active during this run gpg: keyring `/home/david/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/home/david/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created gpg: Go ahead and type your message ... (2) Run ALL your GUIs eg Kgpg Kleopatra GPA - but do not create a new set of keys! Kgpg will complain and not run. (3) Reboot your system - very important! (4) Type david@laptop-1:~$ gpg-agent gpg-agent: gpg-agent running and available david@laptop-1:~$ Then I copied ALL .gnupg files from the 32 bit laptop to the 64 bit laptop - on the 32 bit laptop I exported my keys saving them to a file - I did this twice. Then I imported my keys into the 64 bit laptop. All programmes see my key - even gpg but I always get the same error message: "Key 0xAAd8C47D not found or not valid. The (sub-)key might have expired" when I try to sign or encrypt a message. Now insted of copying ALL the files from one .gnupg to another am just going to copy secring.gpg and trustdb.gpg - then import my keys - if this works then you will know how to do it in the future - if it does not work - hmmmmmmm............... David -- “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No delusion.” https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html - http://gbenet.com _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
