tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/feedback/1673-is-it-possible-to-make-a-public-key-both-public-and-secret-after-the-fact-of-courseGPGTools: Discussion 2016-02-10T11:56:06Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/377793762015-08-30T15:07:19Z2015-08-30T15:07:20ZIs it possible to make a public key both public and secret? After the fact, of course.<div><p>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?</p></div>James tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/377793762015-09-06T21:38:26Z2015-09-06T21:38:26ZIs it possible to make a public key both public and secret? After the fact, of course.<div><p>Hi Ben,</p>
<p>sorry, I'm not sure about this question. Could you elaborate in
more detail what you are trying to do and why.</p>
<p>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: <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">
https://gpgtools.tenderapp.com/kb/gpg-keychain-faq/how-to-revoke-a-...</a></p>
<p>Let me know if this KB already answered your question.</p>
<p>James, same question for you: are you positive, you did have a
sec/pub previously?</p>
<p>We'll go from there.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/377793762016-02-10T11:56:04Z2016-02-10T11:56:04ZIs it possible to make a public key both public and secret? After the fact, of course.<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