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* [gentoo-user] gnupg
@ 2018-01-03  3:39 thelma
  2018-01-03  3:42 ` thelma
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From: thelma @ 2018-01-03  3:39 UTC (permalink / raw
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I've copied gpg key from one computer to another:
scp -r ~/.gnupg user@remotehost:~/

But when I try to decrypt a file it does not recognize a secret key
...
gpg: public key decryption failed: No pinentry
gpg: decryption failed: No secret key

-- 
Joseph


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* Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg
  2018-01-03  3:39 [gentoo-user] gnupg thelma
@ 2018-01-03  3:42 ` thelma
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: thelma @ 2018-01-03  3:42 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 01/02/2018 08:39 PM, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> I've copied gpg key from one computer to another:
> scp -r ~/.gnupg user@remotehost:~/
> 
> But when I try to decrypt a file it does not recognize a secret key
> ...
> gpg: public key decryption failed: No pinentry
> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
> 

The solution was to run:
killall -9 gpg-agent


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