gpg: error retrieving 'me@example.com' via WKD
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I am trying to encrypt a file locally and I get an error. me@example.com is a placeholder for my email address, a public key exists for that in my keyring and also on key servers. My private key is located on a hardware key (Yubikey). I can decrypt previously encrypted files with no problem. Here is the error:
➜ ~ gpg -e -r me@example.com somefile.txt
gpg: error retrieving 'me@example.com' via WKD: General error
gpg: me@example.com: skipped: General error
gpg: somefile.txt encryption failed: General error
What does this error mean and how can I solve it?
P.S. There is only one more thing that might be related. My public key is expired.
gpg
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
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I am trying to encrypt a file locally and I get an error. me@example.com is a placeholder for my email address, a public key exists for that in my keyring and also on key servers. My private key is located on a hardware key (Yubikey). I can decrypt previously encrypted files with no problem. Here is the error:
➜ ~ gpg -e -r me@example.com somefile.txt
gpg: error retrieving 'me@example.com' via WKD: General error
gpg: me@example.com: skipped: General error
gpg: somefile.txt encryption failed: General error
What does this error mean and how can I solve it?
P.S. There is only one more thing that might be related. My public key is expired.
gpg
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
1
WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the-vvoption providing more insight what's going wrong?
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
Adding-vvprints four more lines, three of them beinggpg: Note: signature key ... expiredand the last onegpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55
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up vote
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I am trying to encrypt a file locally and I get an error. me@example.com is a placeholder for my email address, a public key exists for that in my keyring and also on key servers. My private key is located on a hardware key (Yubikey). I can decrypt previously encrypted files with no problem. Here is the error:
➜ ~ gpg -e -r me@example.com somefile.txt
gpg: error retrieving 'me@example.com' via WKD: General error
gpg: me@example.com: skipped: General error
gpg: somefile.txt encryption failed: General error
What does this error mean and how can I solve it?
P.S. There is only one more thing that might be related. My public key is expired.
gpg
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
I am trying to encrypt a file locally and I get an error. me@example.com is a placeholder for my email address, a public key exists for that in my keyring and also on key servers. My private key is located on a hardware key (Yubikey). I can decrypt previously encrypted files with no problem. Here is the error:
➜ ~ gpg -e -r me@example.com somefile.txt
gpg: error retrieving 'me@example.com' via WKD: General error
gpg: me@example.com: skipped: General error
gpg: somefile.txt encryption failed: General error
What does this error mean and how can I solve it?
P.S. There is only one more thing that might be related. My public key is expired.
gpg
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
edited Nov 19 '17 at 13:37
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
asked Nov 19 '17 at 13:27
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
18010
1
WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the-vvoption providing more insight what's going wrong?
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
Adding-vvprints four more lines, three of them beinggpg: Note: signature key ... expiredand the last onegpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55
add a comment |Â
1
WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the-vvoption providing more insight what's going wrong?
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
Adding-vvprints four more lines, three of them beinggpg: Note: signature key ... expiredand the last onegpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55
1
1
WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the
-vv option providing more insight what's going wrong?– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the
-vv option providing more insight what's going wrong?– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
Adding
-vv prints four more lines, three of them being gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and the last one gpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Adding
-vv prints four more lines, three of them being gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and the last one gpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55
add a comment |Â
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Extending key expiration date fixed the problem. The error message was misleading. However adding -vv as Jens Erat suggested produced some useful error messages such as gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and gpg: ... skipped: Unusable public key that helped finding the actual error.
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
Extending key expiration date fixed the problem. The error message was misleading. However adding -vv as Jens Erat suggested produced some useful error messages such as gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and gpg: ... skipped: Unusable public key that helped finding the actual error.
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
Extending key expiration date fixed the problem. The error message was misleading. However adding -vv as Jens Erat suggested produced some useful error messages such as gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and gpg: ... skipped: Unusable public key that helped finding the actual error.
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
Extending key expiration date fixed the problem. The error message was misleading. However adding -vv as Jens Erat suggested produced some useful error messages such as gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and gpg: ... skipped: Unusable public key that helped finding the actual error.
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
Extending key expiration date fixed the problem. The error message was misleading. However adding -vv as Jens Erat suggested produced some useful error messages such as gpg: Note: signature key ... expired and gpg: ... skipped: Unusable public key that helped finding the actual error.
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
answered Nov 20 '17 at 15:04
Mehdi Sadeghi
18010
18010
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WKD is the web key directory. Is adding the
-vvoption providing more insight what's going wrong?– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 13:48
Adding
-vvprints four more lines, three of them beinggpg: Note: signature key ... expiredand the last onegpg: <ke_id> skipped: Unusable public key. Apparently everything boils down to the key being expired.– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:16
Extending the key solved the problem.
– Mehdi Sadeghi
Nov 19 '17 at 21:23
Glad you figured it out on your own. Feel free to add this as an answer -- this seems a rather new combination of weird error message and actual issue.
– Jens Erat
Nov 19 '17 at 21:55