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OpenPGP Card Application
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Can't restore seed: "Key generation failed: File exists" #11

Closed mhhf closed 7 years ago

mhhf commented 7 years ago

Not sure if problem is with my local setup or with the ledger s but every time i reset the app and try to generate new keys following this instruction with seed: on i get the following error: Key generation failed: File exists

However, after reapplying this the Signature key seems to chang (which should stay the same in seed mode if i understand it correctly?!) without affecting Encryption and Authentication keys. Generating keys with seed: off works fine.

Tested it with empty ~/.gnupg/ directory and firmware reset on ledger s.

$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.2.0
libgcrypt 1.8.1

On OS X 10.11.6

mhhf commented 7 years ago

nvm, this solution solved it for me

cslashm commented 7 years ago

Happy to read you find the solution. Doc is still not up-to-date, I'm sorry.

mhhf commented 7 years ago

Unfortunately the script doesn't seem to generate the actual keys, just overwrite the fingerprints.

Will rather wait for a more stable version/ docs. Thanks for your work on this!

dpc commented 5 years ago

Couldn't the seeded generation happen on the device itself? Set name, email, comment, expiration date and get the key generated, all from the device's UI. After that the card would appear as already initialized.