Okay, the #
after sec
means that the secret key was already taken offline.
Try another approach:
gpg --list-public-keys
It should display your public GPG key. Attempt to delete it:
gpg --delete-key $KEYID
If it successfully deletes, then there is no secret key. If it fails, this error should display:
gpg: there is a secret key for public key “key-ID”!
gpg: use option “–delete-secret-keys” to delete it first.
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gpg --delete-key $KEYID
successfully deleted the public key. So that means there wasn’t a private key?
Then what’s the output of gpg --armor --export-secret-key arvamircea@gmail.com
? What is that “PRIVATE KEY” that it outputs?
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Try importing it:
gpg --import private.pgp
It should give out some useful information about its fingerprint to compare it against your keyring.
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EDIT: Not really sure what is saying. But by far my biggest concern is why gpg --armor --export-secret-key arvamircea@gmail.com
outputs a private key. There should be one.
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Okay, try this command:
gpg --delete-secret-key 0x8CCAF633B6859E80
If you successfully delete the secret key, use this command next:
gpg --list-secret-keys
gpg: KEY "0X8CCAF633B6859E80" not found
gpg: 0X8CCAF633B6859E80: delete key failed: Not found
EDIT: Makes no sense
EDIT 2: Is ok, I will make a issue on the guide’s GitHub. I am ready to be made a fool.
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Okay, try the fingerprint:
gpg --delete-secret-key D8E70DAC2CB9F4DE272800D58CCAF633B6859E80
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No luck
Watch me get roasted.
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