Kwallet will not use my gpg key

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I apologize, I am very confused. I have been trying for a couple of days to get Kwallet to create a new wallet using gpg encryption.

At first, it told me I did not have a gpg encrypting key. So, I imported my public and private key from my backups. However, this did not resolve the problem.

After more research, I found out about applet Kgpg. When I run it, it displays the key I imported. But Kwallet still tells me that there is no encrypting key. Hence my confusion. I have a key and Kgpg shows it, but Kwallet will not use it. So, I need some help, please.

Tim

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Does Kgpg show the key as ultimately trusted?

Does it show the key capabilities as “Signature, Encryption, Authentication, Certification”.

I’m looking at my default key in Kgpg. Right clicking on the key, and selectiong “Key Properties” shows that information.

I’m guessing that your key does not have all of those capabilities.

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I assume yopu use KDE (because of you talking about Kwallet), but which version of openSUSE?

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Thanks for your replies.

@hcw - Yes, it is KDE. It is a week old install of openSUSE 13.2 that was downloaded the day I installed it.

@nrickert - I tried to look at that, but I was not sure how to change it. Your tip is very helpful. The trust level of my key was “I don’t know” and I edited it to Ultimate. I think everything is working, now.

I don’t understand why my own key was untrusted, but it is what it is. Complicated stuff.Thanks!

Tim

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On 2015-01-09 17:36, ratcheer wrote:

> I don’t understand why my own key was untrusted, but it is what it is.
> Complicated stuff.Thanks!

It was untrusted because you did not tell the system that you trusted it :slight_smile:

You did not create the key, but imported it. You probably did not
restore the trust database (if it is possible), so defaults apply: do
not trust. If you had created the key on that machine the tool might
have taken care of that.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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Thank you. I have now learned how to export and backup my trust db. I am learning. :wink:

Tim