On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 11:21:25AM +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I wanted to import my secret key into thunderbird, but thunderbird > can not read the directory. > > What an I doing wrong? > > I do (my thunderbird is in German, so my English translation might > not be quite accurate): > > - starting thunderbird > - chose in "Open PGP" the option "add key" > - click "add existing key" > - click "files for import" > - now chose in my /home the folder .gnupg/private-keys-v1.d > > and then I get > > Error opening /home/myusername/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d > Access not granted > > --- > > the settings for these are set: > > drwxr-xr-x 6 myusername myusername 20480 24. Mär 17:51 .gnupg > drwxr-xr-x 6 myusername myusername 20480 24. Mär 17:51 > .gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/ > > The keys themselves are set "rw" and owner is "myusername:myusername" > > The only explanation I have, that thunderbird is calling a plugin with > another owner than me, as thunderbird itself is started with ownership > "myusername". > > However, even if I set the rights to "everybody can read it" (what is > of course only set for testing purposes!) it does not work. > > Anything else, where I should take a look?
If I recall correct, I did something like gpg --export-secret-key 0x123456 > sleutel at the command line and then the TB import. > Thanks for any hints. Thanks for reporting back. > Best regards > Hans Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
