On Wed 2016-06-01 11:44:16 -0400, DODDI ANTHONY BALARAJU cs15d008 wrote: > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37566637/why-showing-error-gpg-signing-failed#> > I'm new to this GPG usage. I dont need any internals. I am running a shell > script in which following line causes error : > > gpg --yes --sign message.txt > > It shows the following error: > > gpg: no default secret key: secret key not available > gpg: signing failed: secret key not available > > How can I solve this error, without modifying the command? (do I need to > change any settings). I am using gpg version (GnuPG) 1.4.16 > >>which gpg > > is giving the output > > /usr/bin/gpg > > I Tried with --default-key <something> > > Still it dint work!! > > Any suggestion to get past this error will be greatly helpful.
You don't mention whether you have any secret keys available. What do you get by running: gpg --list-options show-usage --list-secret-keys Are there any signing-capable secret keys listed? --dkg _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users