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Exporting PGP private key #4070

Open chambas opened 2 years ago

chambas commented 2 years ago

Hi, it seems I can't export my PGP private key because every time I try it gives the same message:

"Error: Failed to get and unlock your private key"

oscrx commented 2 years ago

I am having the same issue

jcatrysse commented 2 years ago

Same issue... I tried multiple browsers and verified my passphrase does not contain special characters... Is there another way to export PGP private keys? Other than with the browser?

oscrx commented 2 years ago

I didn't manage to get it to work on the cli either. I found a backup of mine on an old laptop. Now I also have a paper backup (qr chunks + ASCII) 😂 This spooked me way too much. Hope it gets fixed and the keys are not lost.

jcatrysse commented 2 years ago

On CLI I managed using keybase pgp export --secret I had to input my passphrase twice...

chambas commented 2 years ago

Right.

parabirb commented 2 years ago

I was having the same issue, @jcatrysse's solution seemed to work for me.