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TheLinuxCake 07-23-2016 03:58 PM
Sssues with decrypting messages with GnuPG
 
To start, not sure to put this here, or in software. Sorry if it is in the wrong area.
Hello, I am currently having issues decrypting things with GnuPG. Whenever I try to decrypt things with GnuPG nothing much happens.
I have a message, and the key that it should be using.
What I'm doing:
Code:
foo@fooComputer:~$gpg --output message.txt
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

################################################################
################################################################
###################[Encrypted Message]##########################
################################################################
################################################################
################################################################

-----END PGP MESSAGE-----
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "##### #### <foo@foo.foo>"
2048-bit RSA key, ID ########, created ####-##-## (main key ID #######)

gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID #######, created ####-##-##
      "###### ##### <#######@foo.foo>"
And nothing is returned. No file, no displayed text. I have also tried it with no "--output message.txt"

Keruskerfuerst 07-24-2016 06:21 AM
Then the key is wrong....

sundialsvcs 07-25-2016 01:50 PM
As documented in man gpg, the command will exit with a return code of at least '1' if a key is incorrect. It should also produce other messages to advise you exactly what went wrong.


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