# Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". 6 messages from 2008-11-18 to 2010-02-04. Participants: Gary Yang, Linus Torvalds, SASh-4. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16382 ## Gary Yang, 2008-11-18 20:22 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: <832452.93473.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/832452.93473.qm%40web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com ``` All, I really need to tag my source code. But, somehow I am not able. Can someone help? Thanks in advance! Gary --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang wrote: > From: Gary Yang > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". > To: "Jeff King" , "Linus Torvalds" > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:57 AM > Hi Linus, > > I do not understand your email. I used the command, git > config --global user.email garyyang6@yahoo.com. But, I still > got the same error. Do you have any idea? > > Thank you, > > > Gary > > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Linus Torvalds > wrote: > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". > "unable to sign the tag". > > To: "Jeff King" > > Cc: "Gary Yang" , > git@vger.kernel.org > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:16 PM > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff King wrote: > > > > > > You need to tell git who you are, since it is > unable > > to deduce it from > > > doing host lookups. Try: > > > > > > git config --global user.email > garyyang6@yahoo.com > > > > > > or whatever email address you used when you > created > > the key, and then > > > gpg should find it appropriately. > > > > Side note: sometimes you might want to use a different > key > > than the one > > you use for authorship. Then you can use > > > > [user] > > SigningKey = key > > > > (or "git config user.signingkey xyz" if you > > don't want to edit the > > config file manually). > > > > This can be especially useful if you use different > keys for > > different > > projects, even if you want to be known under the same > name > > in both. Or > > because you want to have the local hostname in your > commit > > logs, but your > > gpg key is using some externally visible > > "official" email address. > > > > Linus ``` ## Gary Yang, 2008-11-18 20:26 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: <810496.66936.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/810496.66936.qm%40web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com In-Reply-To: <832452.93473.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ``` Here are the errors I got: git tag -s my-second-tag gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information gpg: skipped `Gary Yang ': secret key not available gpg: signing failed: secret key not available error: gpg failed to sign the tag fatal: unable to sign the tag Thanks, Gary --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang wrote: > From: Gary Yang > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". > To: "Jeff King" , "Linus Torvalds" > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:22 PM > All, > > I really need to tag my source code. But, somehow I am not > able. Can someone help? > > Thanks in advance! > > > Gary > > > > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang > wrote: > > > From: Gary Yang > > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". > "unable to sign the tag". > > To: "Jeff King" , > "Linus Torvalds" > > > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:57 AM > > Hi Linus, > > > > I do not understand your email. I used the command, > git > > config --global user.email garyyang6@yahoo.com. But, I > still > > got the same error. Do you have any idea? > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Linus Torvalds > > wrote: > > > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not > available". > > "unable to sign the tag". > > > To: "Jeff King" > > > Cc: "Gary Yang" > , > > git@vger.kernel.org > > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:16 PM > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff King wrote: > > > > > > > > You need to tell git who you are, since it > is > > unable > > > to deduce it from > > > > doing host lookups. Try: > > > > > > > > git config --global user.email > > garyyang6@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > or whatever email address you used when you > > created > > > the key, and then > > > > gpg should find it appropriately. > > > > > > Side note: sometimes you might want to use a > different > > key > > > than the one > > > you use for authorship. Then you can use > > > > > > [user] > > > SigningKey = key > > > > > > (or "git config user.signingkey xyz" if > you > > > don't want to edit the > > > config file manually). > > > > > > This can be especially useful if you use > different > > keys for > > > different > > > projects, even if you want to be known under the > same > > name > > > in both. Or > > > because you want to have the local hostname in > your > > commit > > > logs, but your > > > gpg key is using some externally visible > > > "official" email address. > > > > > > Linus > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ``` ## Gary Yang, 2008-11-18 21:20 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: <31942.12221.qm@web37902.mail.mud.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/31942.12221.qm%40web37902.mail.mud.yahoo.com In-Reply-To: <810496.66936.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ``` The gpg works. But, git tag dose not work. Any idea? gpg --detach-sign foo.bar gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Gary Yang (For git.) " 1024-bit DSA key, ID A3F6A45E, created 2008-11-14 Enter passphrase: [garyyang6@svdclc313 ~/git-repository]% It successfully signed. Gary --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang wrote: > From: Gary Yang > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". > To: "Jeff King" , "Linus Torvalds" > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:26 PM > Here are the errors I got: > > git tag -s my-second-tag > > gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! > gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more > information > gpg: skipped `Gary Yang ': > secret key not available > gpg: signing failed: secret key not available > error: gpg failed to sign the tag > fatal: unable to sign the tag > > > > Thanks, > > > Gary > > > > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang > wrote: > > > From: Gary Yang > > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". > "unable to sign the tag". > > To: "Jeff King" , > "Linus Torvalds" > > > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 12:22 PM > > All, > > > > I really need to tag my source code. But, somehow I am > not > > able. Can someone help? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Gary Yang > > > wrote: > > > > > From: Gary Yang > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not > available". > > "unable to sign the tag". > > > To: "Jeff King" , > > "Linus Torvalds" > > > > > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org > > > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:57 AM > > > Hi Linus, > > > > > > I do not understand your email. I used the > command, > > git > > > config --global user.email garyyang6@yahoo.com. > But, I > > still > > > got the same error. Do you have any idea? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Linus Torvalds > > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: Linus Torvalds > > > > > > > Subject: Re: "secret key not > > available". > > > "unable to sign the tag". > > > > To: "Jeff King" > > > > > Cc: "Gary Yang" > > , > > > git@vger.kernel.org > > > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:16 PM > > > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Jeff King wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You need to tell git who you are, since > it > > is > > > unable > > > > to deduce it from > > > > > doing host lookups. Try: > > > > > > > > > > git config --global user.email > > > garyyang6@yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > or whatever email address you used when > you > > > created > > > > the key, and then > > > > > gpg should find it appropriately. > > > > > > > > Side note: sometimes you might want to use a > > different > > > key > > > > than the one > > > > you use for authorship. Then you can use > > > > > > > > [user] > > > > SigningKey = key > > > > > > > > (or "git config user.signingkey > xyz" if > > you > > > > don't want to edit the > > > > config file manually). > > > > > > > > This can be especially useful if you use > > different > > > keys for > > > > different > > > > projects, even if you want to be known under > the > > same > > > name > > > > in both. Or > > > > because you want to have the local hostname > in > > your > > > commit > > > > logs, but your > > > > gpg key is using some externally visible > > > > "official" email address. > > > > > > > > Linus > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > > "unsubscribe git" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at > > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ``` ## Linus Torvalds, 2008-11-19 15:42 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.2.00.0811190740200.18283%40nehalem.linux-foundation.org In-Reply-To: <31942.12221.qm@web37902.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ``` On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Gary Yang wrote: > > The gpg works. But, git tag dose not work. Any idea? Does git tag -u garyyang6@yahoo.com tag-name work (ie when you use an explicitly given key to tag with)? And if not, please do list the output of "gpg -K" if that doesn't work. Linus ``` ## Gary Yang, 2008-11-19 16:54 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: <86367.3986.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/86367.3986.qm%40web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com In-Reply-To: ``` The command, "git tag -u garyyang6@yahoo.com tag-name" works! Thank you! Below is the output of "gpg -k". I have no idea why I have three keys. gpg -k gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information /home/garyyang6/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ---------------------------------- pub 1024D/A3F6A45E 2008-11-14 Gary Yang (For git.) sub 1024g/58AE6B3C 2008-11-14 pub 1024D/EE763A89 2008-11-14 Gary Yang (PGP for git.) sub 1024g/AECCA323 2008-11-14 pub 1024D/5015631E 2008-11-18 Gary Yang (For git) --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Linus Torvalds wrote: > From: Linus Torvalds > Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". > To: "Gary Yang" > Cc: "Jeff King" , "Git Mailing List" > Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 7:42 AM > On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Gary Yang wrote: > > > > The gpg works. But, git tag dose not work. Any idea? > > Does > > git tag -u garyyang6@yahoo.com tag-name > > work (ie when you use an explicitly given key to tag with)? > > And if not, please do list the output of "gpg -K" > if that doesn't work. > > Linus > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ``` ## SASh-4, 2010-02-04 11:44 Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag". Message-ID: <1265283884656-4512970.post@n2.nabble.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1265283884656-4512970.post%40n2.nabble.com In-Reply-To: <86367.3986.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ``` I had the same problem. Turned out that the user.name must also match the one in the gpg! Hope this helps! -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/secret-key-not-available-unable-to-sign-the-tag-tp1500685p4512970.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ```