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Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system

From Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system
Date 2018-09-30 19:50 +0200
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deloptes@gmail.com [2018-09-30 19:39:03+02] wrote:

> Teemu Likonen wrote:
>> No. To encrypt you need recipients' public keys which have an encryption
>> capability [E]. Usually there is an encryption subkey. To decrypt you
>> need the secret key which is associated with the public [E] key that was
>> used to encrypt.
>
> Here is something I do not get - to encrypt I am asked for password -
> I guess it is for my secret key, no?

Encryption requires recipient's public [E] key only. It seems that, in
addition to encrypting, you are also signing the message. For that you
need a secret (sub)key that has signing capability [S].

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Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-09-28 17:40 +0200
  Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-28 20:00 +0200
    Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 01:50 +0200
      Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-09-29 02:40 +0200
        Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 09:20 +0200
          Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-09-29 15:40 +0200
            Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-29 16:00 +0200
              Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-09-29 16:20 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-30 01:10 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2018-09-30 10:00 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-30 19:40 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2018-09-30 19:50 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-30 20:30 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-02 13:20 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-10-02 18:10 +0200
                Re: Syncing GnuPG between 2 system mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-03 12:30 +0200

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