tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/beta/1756-gpg-keychain-passphraseGPGTools: Discussion 2017-08-18T08:43:55Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-09T10:20:48Z2017-05-24T11:17:45ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Hi Burkhard,</p>
<p>welcome to the GPGTools support platform. Sorry you are having problems using GPG Suite.</p>
<p>This <a href="https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/kb/gpg-keychain-faq/how-to-revoke-a-key-or-userid-and-can-i-delete-a-key-from-the-key-servers#i-have-lost-access-to-my-secret-key-or-my-passphrase">KB-article</a> explains what to do if you forgot your password or lost access to your secret key.</p>
<p>Let me know if that was helpful.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-20T10:52:06Z2017-05-20T10:52:07ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Hi Steve,</p>
<p>Sorry, but it took me a while to find time to look into it since I am travelling! It doesn’t work for me because to revoke the key it requires my pass-phrase.</p>
<p>Please advise!</p>
<p>Burkhard</p></div>Burkhard Kraastag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-21T09:08:17Z2017-05-21T09:08:17ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Do you still have access to your old mac? If so, you may want to do a search for 'gnupg' in macOS keychain and see if that shows any results.</p>
<p>Should you be unable to get back to your password and have no backup or idea what it could be and have access to the old mac, you could try to revoke your key on that old mac and create a new key on the new mac.</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-21T09:53:46Z2017-05-21T09:53:47ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Thank you Steve! I have access to my old mac. I will try it out when I am back home.</p>
<p>Sent from my iPad</p></div>Burkhard Kraastag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-23T23:26:19Z2017-05-23T23:26:20ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Hi Steve,</p>
<p>I found ‘gnupg' in my keychain access. What can I do with that? Revoke it and create a new?</p>
<p>On May 21, 2017, at 2:53 AM, Burkhard Kraas <a href="mailto:bkraas@gmail.com">bkraas@gmail.com</a> wrote:</p>
<p>Thank you Steve! I have access to my old mac. I will try it out when I am back home.</p>
<p>Sent from my iPad</p></div>Burkhard Kraastag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-23T23:39:08Z2017-05-23T23:39:09ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Hi Steve, I found the passphrase and it works but it expires in July!</p></div>Burkhard Kraastag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-05-24T11:23:53Z2017-05-24T11:23:53ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Hey Burkhard,</p>
<p>thanks for the updates. Great news to hear you were able to retrieve the password from your old mac. Please consider storing it in a secure location (bank vault, password manager, hidden place in your home, ...) so you don't run into this situation in the future.</p>
<p>If your key expires soon, please re-new the expiration date.</p>
<p>Should your subkey be expired, please create a new subkey.</p>
<ol>
<li>navigate to the subkey tab<br></li>
<li>click the "+" button below<br></li>
<li>confirm with "Generate subkey"</li>
</ol>
<p>Double click your sec/pub key in GPG Keychain and then you'll see a "Change" button next to the expiry date.</p>
<p>Let me know if that worked.</p>
<p>Kindly,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/425211102017-08-18T08:43:53Z2017-08-18T08:43:53ZGPG Keychain: passphrase<div><p>Closing, since no further user feedback was received. Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.</p>
<p>All the best, steve</p></div>Steve