Decrypt failed! (No public key) Code = 9
Jerrod Thomas
I am having trouble decrypting a file. This is a new 10.7.4 machine that I recently installed GPGTools and imported my secret key onto this fresh box. I decrypted a good 20 files until I got to one very large file (800+MB) which keeps throwing an error:
Decrypt failed! (No public key) Code = 9
I've tried reimporting the key, re-exporting, then deleting the key, then importing again, etc. Everything looks good as far as I can tell. There was an error on stdout when I ran it on the command line stating that it could not connect to the key server. I don't know if this is the problem or not. I changed the GPGPrefs pane to look at pgp.mit.edu where I shared my public key but still the error.
I'm tired and frustrated so I'm going home while my PC tries to slowly churn away at it. I can see the darn thing decrypting the file in the command line: it's right there! Give it to me!!!
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Jerrod Thomas
5/14/12 6:42:38.960 PM GPGServices: inputData.size:
875130385
5/14/12 6:42:39.414 PM GPGServices: GPG: /usr/local/bin/gpg2
5/14/12 6:42:40.155 PM GPGServices: Pinentry:
/Library/Services/GPGServices.service/Contents/Frameworks/Libmacgpg.framework/Resources/pinentry-mac.app/Contents/MacOS/pinentry-mac
5/14/12 6:42:40.279 PM GPGServices: gpg --no-greeting --no-tty
--with-colons --fixed-list-mode --yes --output - --status-fd 3
--no-batch --command-fd 0 --armor --no-textmode --no-emit-version
--keyserver-options timeout=10,no-auto-key-retrieve --decrypt
/dev/fd/5
5/14/12 6:42:41.427 PM GPGServices: >> ENC_TO
BFD57274396764C6 1 0
5/14/12 6:42:41.434 PM GPGServices: >> USERID_HINT
BFD57274396764C6 Jerrod Thomas [email blocked]
5/14/12 6:42:41.434 PM GPGServices: >> NEED_PASSPHRASE
BFD57274396764C6 F8A11C748F85BECB 1 0
5/14/12 6:42:42.813 PM GPGServices: >> GOOD_PASSPHRASE
5/14/12 6:42:42.916 PM GPGServices: >> BEGIN_DECRYPTION
5/14/12 6:42:42.917 PM GPGServices: >> PLAINTEXT 62
1322593154 _2011-11-29_10:06:23.tar
5/14/12 6:42:42.917 PM GPGServices: >> PLAINTEXT_LENGTH
1456814080
5/14/12 6:42:58.577 PM GPG Keychain Access: updateKeys:withSigs:
start
5/14/12 6:43:56.520 PM GPG Keychain Access: updateKeys:withSigs:
end
5/14/12 6:44:09.898 PM Spotify: Media key event tap was disabled by
timeout
5/14/12 6:47:32.978 PM GPGServices: >> ERRSIG
C06350E9DA0478D5 17 2 00 1322593154 9
5/14/12 6:47:33.272 PM GPGServices: [DEBUG] [STDERR]: gpg:
encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID 396764C6, created
2011-10-03
"Jerrod Thomas <[email blocked]>"
gpg: Signature made Tue Nov 29 10:59:14 2011 PST using DSA key
ID DA0478D5
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
5/14/12 6:47:33.308 PM GPGServices: [DEBUG] [STDOUT]: (null) >>
5/14/12 6:47:33.392 PM GPGServices: >> NO_PUBKEY C06350E9DA0478D5
5/14/12 6:47:33.408 PM GPGServices: >> DECRYPTION_OKAY
5/14/12 6:47:33.408 PM GPGServices: >> GOODMDC
5/14/12 6:47:33.408 PM GPGServices: >> END_DECRYPTION
5/14/12 6:47:33.430 PM GPGServices: [DEBUG] [STATUS]: [GNUPG:] ENC_TO BFD57274396764C6 1 0
[GNUPG:] USERID_HINT BFD57274396764C6 Jerrod Thomas [email blocked] [GNUPG:] NEED_PASSPHRASE BFD57274396764C6 F8A11C748F85BECB 1 0 [GNUPG:] GOOD_PASSPHRASE [GNUPG:] BEGIN_DECRYPTION [GNUPG:] PLAINTEXT 62 1322593154 _2011-11-29_10:06:23.tar [GNUPG:] PLAINTEXT_LENGTH 1456814080 [GNUPG:] ERRSIG C06350E9DA0478D5 17 2 00 1322593154 9 [GNUPG:] NO_PUBKEY C06350E9DA0478D5 [GNUPG:] DECRYPTION_OKAY [GNUPG:] GOODMDC [GNUPG:] END_DECRYPTION5/14/12 6:47:38.512 PM GPGServices: GPGController: Decrypt failed! (No public key)
Code = 9
5/14/12 6:47:38.512 PM GPGServices: Error text: gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID 396764C6, created 2011-10-03"Jerrod Thomas <[email blocked]>"gpg: Signature made Tue Nov 29 10:59:14 2011 PST using DSA key ID DA0478D5
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Status text: [GNUPG:] ENC_TO BFD57274396764C6 1 0
[GNUPG:] USERID_HINT BFD57274396764C6 Jerrod Thomas
[email blocked] [GNUPG:] NEED_PASSPHRASE BFD57274396764C6
F8A11C748F85BECB 1 0 [GNUPG:] GOOD_PASSPHRASE [GNUPG:]
BEGIN_DECRYPTION [GNUPG:] PLAINTEXT 62 1322593154
_2011-11-29_10:06:23.tar [GNUPG:] PLAINTEXT_LENGTH 1456814080
[GNUPG:] ERRSIG C06350E9DA0478D5 17 2 00 1322593154 9 [GNUPG:]
NO_PUBKEY C06350E9DA0478D5 [GNUPG:] DECRYPTION_OKAY [GNUPG:]
GOODMDC [GNUPG:] END_DECRYPTION
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1 Posted by cfraire on May 15, 2012 @ 05:01 PM
Hi, Jerrod.
Decrypt code 9 happens when you are sent a signed-encrypted file but you do not have the sender's public key in your GPG keychain in order to verify the signature. GPGServices is strict about signature verification when a file has one attached.
I advise asking the sender for his or her public key and then importing that into your keychain. The GPGServices decrypt should succeed after that.
2 Posted by Jerrod Thomas on May 15, 2012 @ 08:07 PM
Thanks! I got the public key from the signature imported and had to adjust the trust level for it to complete.
Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on May 17, 2012 @ 03:50 PM
Great news. Glad you were able to solve this. Sounds like we need some better error messages for GPGServies.
Cheers,
steve
Steve closed this discussion on May 17, 2012 @ 03:50 PM.