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leonidas

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Registered: 2012-08-31

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[Solved] gpg: unable to import private key to root user

I'm trying to import to root user my private key (of another user) with:

gpg --import private.key 

but I get that error:

gpg: key <KEYID>: "Leonidas <xxxx@yahoo.com>" not changed
gpg: key <KEYID>/<KEYID>:error sending to agent: Permission denied
gpg: error building skey array: Permission denied
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1
gpg:       secret keys read: 1

Is that the correct command to import the private key?
I have already export it with:

gpg --export-secret-key <KEYID>>private.key

Last edited by leonidas (2017-02-18 20:37:10)

leonidas

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From: Greece

Registered: 2012-08-31

Posts: 49

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Re: [Solved] gpg: unable to import private key to root user

Solved, I should have include the option

--pinentry-mode loopback