encryption of files fails with [GNUPG:] INV_RECP

[Pollywog]

When encryption of a file is attempted from either Konqueror (right-click menu) or from kgpg directly, the encryption fails with "[GNUPG:] INV_RECP". This bug exists in kgpg version 4:4.2.2 (Jaunty) but does not exist in the Neon nightly builds from kde.org.

The bug does not crash or freeze kgpg, only the attempted file encryption will fail.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

http://old.nabble.com/Invaild-Key-td10325061.html
My best guess is that kgpg tries to use a key that is no longer available, which neon's kgpg does not since it uses different configs for all KDE apps. So rm -rf ~/.kde/share/*/kgpg* should take care of that.

[GreyGeek (greygeek)]

After a fresh install of Kubuntu 10.4 a couple weeks ago, I added gpg2 and edited my KMail configuration to use my old key, which was accepted for both signing and encryption. However, sending an email to my self I found that my passphrase was not acceptable for decrypting, while it was acceptable for editing the key! ???

So, I revoked my old key and created a new 4096 key. Replacing the old key ID in KMail with the new Key ID I find that KMail accepted my new key ID to sign with but it refuses to accept that key ID to encrypt. The recommendation from the nabble link does apply, since I can insert my new key ID for signing, but even though my new key is the only key on my ring KMail refuses to allow me to use it as an encryption key.

 When I use Dolphin and attempt to encrypt an ascii file I get the "[GNUPG:] INV_RECP 0" error msg and the attempt fails.

When I use gpg from the command line gpg refuses to recognize either my short or my long ID:

jerry@sonyvgnfw140e:~$ gpg -e lindalshw.txt
Enter the user ID. End with an empty line: **************
No such user ID.
gpg: no valid addressees
gpg: lindalshw.txt: encryption failed: no such user id