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GnuPG tips
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# Common error messages
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* Message: `gpg: filename: skipped: No public key`
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* Solution: Usually this means there is an item in
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`.blackbox/blackbox-admins.txt` that is not the name of the key.
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Either something invalid was inserted (like a filename instead of a
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username) or a user has left the organization and their key was
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removed from the keychain, but their name wasn't removed from the
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blackbox-admins.txt file.
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* Message: `gpg: decryption failed: No secret key`
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* Solution: Usually means you forgot to re-encrypt the file with the new key.
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* Message: `Error: can't re-encrypt because a key has expired.`
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* Solution: A user's key has expired and can't be used to encrypt any more. Follow the [Replace expired keys](expired-keys.md) page.
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FYI: Your repo may use `keyrings/live` instead of `.blackbox`. See "Where is the configuration stored?"
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# GnuPG problems
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Blackbox is just a front-end to GPG. If you get into a problem with a
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key or file, you'll usually have better luck asking for advice on
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the gnupg users mailing list TODO: Get link to this list
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The author of Blackbox is not a GnuPG expert. He wrote Blackbox
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because it was better than trying to remember GPG's horrible flag
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names.
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