blackbox/docs/gnupg-tips.md

GnuPG tips

Common error messages

• Message: gpg: filename: skipped: No public key

• Solution: Usually this means there is an item in .blackbox/blackbox-admins.txt that is not the name of the key. Either something invalid was inserted (like a filename instead of a username) or a user has left the organization and their key was removed from the keychain, but their name wasn't removed from the blackbox-admins.txt file.

• Message: gpg: decryption failed: No secret key

• Solution: Usually means you forgot to re-encrypt the file with the new key.

• Message: Error: can't re-encrypt because a key has expired.

• Solution: A user's key has expired and can't be used to encrypt any more. Follow the Replace expired keys page.

FYI: Your repo may use keyrings/live instead of .blackbox. See "Where is the configuration stored?"

GnuPG problems

Blackbox is just a front-end to GPG. If you get into a problem with a key or file, you'll usually have better luck asking for advice on the gnupg users mailing list TODO: Get link to this list

The author of Blackbox is not a GnuPG expert. He wrote Blackbox because it was better than trying to remember GPG's horrible flag names.