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Old 09-23-2010
decryption issue!
Hi,

Something bizarre is happening while decrypting the files. I had a decrypt script which was working smoothly on
Code:
uname -a
Linux ######### 2.6.9-89.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Apr 20 10:33:05 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

After the front-end application was moved to
Code:
uname -a
Linux #########  2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:48 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The decryption script started failing with the error :
Code:
gpg: encrypted with ELG-E key, ID AAAAAAAA
gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available

The keys are correct i.e. encryption private key & decryption public key. Please suggest.

-dips
# 2  
Old 09-23-2010
Are you sure you've copied the complete key (private and public). Because the private key is used to decrypt, and the public to encrypt. You can check that by running gpg -K. You can export the private key using gpg --export-secret-key -a uid > file
# 3  
Old 09-23-2010
Hi Pludi,

I might have worded it wrong.
Quote:
The keys are correct i.e. encryption private key & decryption public key.
But I am sure that the keys are correct because after the linux upgradation; we were able to decrypt files for once. But after that day the script's been failing displaying the same error again & again for the reason we couldn't fathom! My supervisor thinks it could be an environment issue. Please suggest.

-dips
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