David, On the target (recipient) machine: --list-keys shows my Primary Key, My desktop Key and a co-worker's desktop key --list-secret-keys shows only my Primary Ke --list-keys PrimaryKeyUserName it only lists my primary key.
This has happen when a file was encrypted from EITHER my desktop or mycoworker's desktop. Nelson David Shaw wrote: > > On Sep 25, 2009, at 7:19 PM, nschroth wrote: > >> >> I have been reading previous posts on this topic but have not found my >> answer. >> When I ENcrypt on BoxA using -r UserName, decryption on BoxB errors >> with : >> "decryption failed: secret key not available". >> However, doing the same test using the email address associated with >> the >> recipient, Decryption WORKS. > > It sounds like you have two keys. When you use "-r username" you're > matching one of them. When you use "-r emailaddr...@example.com" > you're matching the other one. > > Check your keyring to be sure: do a "gpg --list-keys username" to see > all keys that match that name. > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Decryption-Fails-on-UserName-but-not-on-EmailAddress-----tp25577787p25625892.html Sent from the GnuPG - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users