gpg decryption fails with no secret key error

Question

I have a gpg .key file that is used as passphrase for decrypting a .dat.pgp file. The encrypted .data.pgp file gets successfully decrypted on one server with same .key file

Answer 1

Following this procedure worked for me.

To create gpg key. gpg --gen-key --homedir /etc/salt/gpgkeys

export the public key, secret key, and secret subkey.

gpg --homedir /etc/salt/gpgkeys --export test-key > pub.key
gpg --homedir /etc/salt/gpgkeys --export-secret-keys test-key > sec.key
gpg --homedir /etc/salt/gpgkeys --export-secret-subkeys test-key > sub.key

Now import the keys using the following command.

gpg --import pub.key
gpg --import sec.key
gpg --import sub.key

Verify if the keys are imported.

gpg --list-keys
gpg --list-secret-keys

Create a sample file.

echo "hahaha" > a.txt

Encrypt the file using the imported key

gpg --encrypt --sign --armor -r test-key a.txt

To decrypt the file, use the following command.

gpg --decrypt a.txt.asc