[sclug] gnupg / mutt / default key.

[Leon Ward]

Hello,

I am caught up in a bundle of gnupg headache!

My problems are based around moving my keys to another box, I have exported
my private and public keys in armoured ASCII and moved them to the new box.


  gpg --import ./privatekey.txt
  gpg --import ./pubkey.txt

  nard at rancid:~$ gpg --list-keys
  /home/nard/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
  -----------------------------
  pub  1024D/37B9DD04 2003-09-08 XX XXXX <xxx at xxxxxx.xx.xx>
  sub  1024g/5C855D3C 2003-09-08

I have then changed the trust level of this to key to the max that is
available,

  nard at rancid:~$ gpg --edit-key "xx xxxx"
  Command> trust
  pub  1024D/37B9DD04  created: 2003-09-08 expires: never      trust: q/q
  sub  1024g/5C855D3C  created: 2003-09-08 expires: never
  (1). xx xxxx <xxxx at xxxxxx.xx.xx>

  Please decide how far you trust this user to correctly
  verify other users' keys (by looking at passports,
  checking fingerprints from different sources...)?

  1 = Don't know
  2 = I do NOT trust
  3 = I trust marginally
  4 = I trust fully
  s = please show me more information
  m = back to the main menu

  Your decision? 4

  pub  1024D/37B9DD04  created: 2003-09-08 expires: never      trust: f/q
  sub  1024g/5C855D3C  created: 2003-09-08 expires: never
  (1). xx xxxx <xxxx at xxxxxx.xx.xx>

Now, on my old desktop, I had the option to trust this key unconditionally
(5), Can anyone tell me why this is not available?

If I try to use this key pair....

  nard at rancid:~$ gpg -e ./myfile.txt
  You did not specify a user ID. (you may use "-r")

  Enter the user ID: xx xxxx
  Could not find a valid trust path to the key.  Let's see whether we
  can assign some missing owner trust values.

  No path leading to one of our keys found.

  1024g/5C855D3C 2003-09-08 "xx xxxx <xxxx at xxxxxxxx.xx.xx>"
             Fingerprint: 8C3F A6A7 93AC C5B9 3903  AFE7 839E A3AE 5C85 5D3C

  It is NOT certain that the key belongs to its owner.
  If you *really* know what you are doing, you may answer
  the next question with yes

  Use this key anyway?

Any Ideas why / how?


Also, in my ~/.gnupg/options i have the following...

  nard at rancid:~$ cat .gnupg/options |grep default-key
  default-key 5C855D3C

When attempting to sign something in mutt, the following error is thrown at
me...

  gpg: no default secret key: secret key not available
  gpg: signing failed: secret key not available
  Press any key to continue...


Anyone have a bright, or even less dimly lit idea?
I must be missing something massive here.


-Leon





In my ~/.gnupg/options I have set the following option



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