Is it possible to make a public key both public and secret? After the fact, of course.
GPG Keychain
Is it possible to make a public key both public and secret? After
the fact, of course.
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1 Posted by James on 30 Aug, 2015 03:07 PM
I have this exact same question. I have a message to decrypt but my key isn't both public and secret. Can I make it so now, if I didn't do it, at first?
Support Staff 2 Posted by Steve on 06 Sep, 2015 09:38 PM
Hi Ben,
sorry, I'm not sure about this question. Could you elaborate in more detail what you are trying to do and why.
If the type of the key you see in GPG Keychain is "pub" there is no way to just make this key "sec/pub". If you think that key should also have a secret key, this sounds like a case of lost secret key: https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/kb/gpg-keychain-faq/how-to-revoke-a-...
Let me know if this KB already answered your question.
James, same question for you: are you positive, you did have a sec/pub previously?
We'll go from there.
All the best,
steve
Support Staff 3 Posted by Steve on 10 Feb, 2016 11:56 AM
Closing, since no further user feedback was received. Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this discussion any time.
All the best, steve
Steve closed this discussion on 10 Feb, 2016 11:56 AM.