GPGTools: Discussion

just starting out

2013-04-02T12:40:30Z

Any help? I can't even see this thread in the forum, so not sure it's been viewed by anyone else.

just starting out

2013-04-02T14:13:19Z

Hi mdman,

what do you need help with? You can't see this discussion?

just starting out

2013-04-02T20:07:56Z

My original post disappeared even thought the reply by me to it different.

Anyway, I'm trying to encrypt some text in textedit using one of my keys. And then trying to decrypt that text using a different key. Encrypting works OK but decrypting generates an error code (decrypt failed (no secret key) Code = 17

Any idea what's going on

just starting out

2013-04-02T20:42:39Z

Hi mdman,

this means that you might be using a public key you no longer have the
secret key to.
It's best if you write down the key id of the public key you're using to encrypt, then open GPG Keychain Access, select Show only secret keys in the right bottom corner and verify that a secret key is listed with that same key id.

Hope that helps.

just starting out

2013-04-03T18:41:56Z

Thanks for the help. I'm still confused. Can I create a public key to test this out, or can you send me one? Thanks

just starting out

2013-04-03T18:49:51Z

You should have the GPGTools team key in your GPG Keychain Access if you ran the GPGTools Installer. You can send us a test message to that mail address if you want.

If you don't have the key, just re-run the GPGTools Installer.

just starting out

2013-04-23T10:27:38Z

No further user feedback. Closing.

@mdman: Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.

All the best, steve