Re: GPG signing problem - SOLVED

2016-05-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 17:07 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I'm having a problem in Evolution (3.18.5.2) but suspect that it's > really something in my GPG setup. When I try to sign and encrypt a > message, I get: > > Could not create message. > > Because "gpg: skipped "": No

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 18:16 -0400, Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon wrote: > > 1) when doing this in Evolution, I don't get asked for the > passphrase. > There should be  a  'clear saved passphrase'  option on next  use There isn't. In fact IIRC I've never seen this in years of using Evolution. >

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 15:04 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/21/2016 02:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > 2) the passpharase is different from my login password. > Good; it's supposed to be.  And, I hope, it's more than one > word.  One  > of my friends uses something similar to

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon
On 05/21/2016 05:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 12:30 -0400, Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon wrote: >> try with gpg (or gpg2 if installed): >> >> >> gpg -o ~/localpath -se /path/to/foo.txt and set the recipient to >> that >> keyid does that also scream 'no secret key'

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon
On 05/21/2016 06:04 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/21/2016 02:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> 2) the passpharase is different from my login password. > > Good; it's supposed to be. And, I hope, it's more than one word. One > of my friends uses something similar to ThisIsAVeryVeryLongPassword

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/21/2016 02:16 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 2) the passpharase is different from my login password. Good; it's supposed to be. And, I hope, it's more than one word. One of my friends uses something similar to ThisIsAVeryVeryLongPassword for his WiFi router because it's easy to

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 12:30 -0400, Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon wrote: > try with gpg (or gpg2 if installed): > > > gpg -o ~/localpath -se /path/to/foo.txt  and set the recipient to  > that  > keyid does that also scream  'no secret  key' ? It asked for a passphrase, then warned me that there is

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon
On 05/21/2016 12:24 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 10:11 -0400, Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon wrote: >> >> Consider doign any or all fo the following: >> >> 1) re-importing secret (private) key parts for that key > I'll try that as a last resort. > >> 2) checking in gpg

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2016-05-21 at 10:11 -0400, Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon wrote: > >  > Consider doign any or all fo the following: > > 1) re-importing  secret (private) key parts for that key I'll try that as a last resort. > 2) checking in gpg or  Evolution that the trust level is  set (OR > that > you

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-21 Thread Corey 'linuxmodder' Sheldon
On 05/20/2016 03:47 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 09:48 -0700, Doug H. wrote: >> On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 17:07 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> I'm having a problem in Evolution (3.18.5.2) but suspect that it's >>> really something in my GPG setup. When I try to sign

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 09:48 -0700, Doug H. wrote: > On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 17:07 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > I'm having a problem in Evolution (3.18.5.2) but suspect that it's > > really something in my GPG setup. When I try to sign and encrypt a > > message, I get: > > > >

Re: GPG signing problem

2016-05-20 Thread Doug H.
On Fri, 2016-05-20 at 17:07 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I'm having a problem in Evolution (3.18.5.2) but suspect that it's > really something in my GPG setup. When I try to sign and encrypt a > message, I get: > > Could not create message. > > Because "gpg: skipped "": No

GPG signing problem

2016-05-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I'm having a problem in Evolution (3.18.5.2) but suspect that it's really something in my GPG setup. When I try to sign and encrypt a message, I get: Could not create message. Because "gpg: skipped "": No secret key gpg: signing failed: No secret key ", you may need to