Re: [Duplicity-talk] cannot restore encrypted backup

[edgar . soldin]

On 29.07.2015 11:05, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know it might be a GnuPG issue but I sincerely hope that someone on this 
> list might have a solution for me. :)
> 
> So I am trying to restore an ecrypted backup and receives the following error:
> 
> GPGError: GPG Failed, see log below:
> ===== Begin GnuPG log =====
> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID xxxxx, created 2011-02-24
> "xxxx <address@hidden>"
> gpg: public key decryption failed: Invalid IPC response
> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
> ===== End GnuPG log =====
> 
> The key is in the user's keyring, at least the gpg --list-secret-keys shows 
> the ID. The password seems to be right beacuse I am using this key to encrypt 
> my weekly backups. Does anyone have any suggestion on this? I am not really 
> familiar with GnuPG.
> 

ok,

first try manually en/decrypting something on the command line against that 
key. see
 http://www.dewinter.com/gnupg_howto/english/GPGMiniHowto-4.html#ss4.1

also,
1. what is your gpg version?
2. please send me the output of 'gpg --list-secret-keys' privately and mention 
the keyid you effectively used to back up.

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