You have to know the original secret key in order to make changes. If you have lost access to your original passphrase, you are completely out of luck.
Will On 4/12/2017 11:02 AM, helices wrote: > Yes, I saw that. On one host, that works. > > On other, I get following error: > gpg> passwd > Key is protected. > > You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for > user: "Sempris <public...@sempris.com>" > 4096-bit RSA key, ID 80167A71, created 2016-03-18 > > gpg: cancelled by user > Can't edit this key: Operation cancelled > > > What am I missing? > > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Alaric L. Dailey > <alar...@pengdows.com <mailto:alar...@pengdows.com>> wrote: > > > http://blog.chapagain.com.np/gpg-how-to-change-edit-private-key-passphrase/ > > <http://blog.chapagain.com.np/gpg-how-to-change-edit-private-key-passphrase/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From: *"helices" <g...@mdsresource.net <mailto:g...@mdsresource.net>> > *To: *gnupg-users@gnupg.org <mailto:gnupg-users@gnupg.org> > *Sent: *Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:35:43 AM > *Subject: *How can I change the passphrase on our secret keys? > > How can I change the passphrase on our secret keys? > > I've searched Google and gnupg.org <http://gnupg.org> to no avail. > > What am I missing? > > Versions: > gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.14 > gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.22 > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org <mailto:Gnupg-users@gnupg.org> > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > <http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
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