tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:/discussions/problems/17162-openpgp-security-info-error-secret-key-needed-to-decrypt-messageGPGTools: Discussion 2014-03-19T14:12:10Ztag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T14:45:23Z2014-02-06T14:45:23Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>Hi Sam,</p>
<p>can you please answer our default questions so we have some
context and know where to start looking in order to help you
out?</p>
<p>Thanks, steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T14:52:46Z2014-02-06T14:52:46Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>Where are your default questions. Are you able to link then to
me? Thanks</p>
<p>Sent from my iPhone</p></div>samgibson23tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T14:57:17Z2014-02-06T14:57:17Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>umm they are visible above. but I can copy paste them:</p>
<p>Which of our tools is giving you problems? (possible options:
GPGMail, GPGServices, GPG Keychain Access, …)</p>
<p>[Tool Name goes here]</p>
<p>What’s the version of that tool? (read the following
knowledge base article to learn how to find a tool's version:
<a href=
"http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq/where-can-i-find-the-version-inf">
http://support.gpgtools.org/kb/faq/where-can-i-find-the-version-inf</a>...)</p>
<p>[Tool version goes here]</p>
<p>What version of OS X are you using? (e.g.: 10.8.4, 10.7.5)</p>
<p>[OS X version goes here]</p>
<p>Please describe your problem. Add as much detail as
possible.</p>
<p>[Problem description goes here]</p>
<p>Please describe what you did expect instead</p>
<p>[What you expected goes here]</p>
<p>If you remember, please describe the steps leading up to the
problem</p>
<p>[Steps go here]</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T15:00:26Z2014-02-06T15:00:26Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>I'm using enigmail with thunderbird and the problem I'm having
is with the mail I'm receiving not decrypting. How would I find out
which took this is?</p>
<p>Sent from my iPhone</p></div>samgibson23tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T15:05:48Z2014-02-06T15:05:48Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>Sam,</p>
<p>ok this is very sparse info. We are not the devs of Enigmail nor
Thunderbird. Enigmail devs can be found here <a href=
"https://www.enigmail.net/support/index.php">https://www.enigmail.net/support/index.php</a>
.</p>
<p>From the error message itself it sounds like</p>
<ul>
<li>either the secret key is missing (check in GPG Keychain Access
if that is indeed the case)</li>
<li>or the mail was encrypted with the wrong public key (compare
fingerprints of keys with author of the mail to make sure the right
pub key was used - find your fingerprint in GPG Keychain Access,
double click your sec/pub key).</li>
</ul>
<p>All the best, steve</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-06T15:15:21Z2014-02-06T15:15:21Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>Ok thanks. What exactly do I do on my keychain to find out if
the secret key is missing and if it is missing what do I do next?
Thanks Steve</p>
<p>Sent from my iPhone</p></div>samgibson23tag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-02-12T18:34:27Z2014-02-12T18:34:27Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>Check for your sec key:</p>
<ul>
<li>Open GPG Keychain Access</li>
</ul>
<p>If you see any entry with "sec/pub" in the type column that
means that is your own key pair containing public and secret
key.</p>
<p>If you have a lot of keys you can also tick the option to "only
show secret keys".</p></div>Stevetag:gpgtools.tenderapp.com,2011-11-04:Comment/314710732014-03-19T14:12:07Z2014-03-19T14:12:07Z"OpenPGP Security Info Error - secret key needed to decrypt message"<div><p>No further user feedback. Closing.</p>
<p>Should your problem persist, feel free to re-open this
discussion any time.</p>
<p>All the best, steve</p></div>Steve