[pass] gpg: decryption failed: No secret key

[Daniel Sousa]

If I use gpg it works as expected, but not if I use gpg2. Then I get the
error:
gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID EBA0E31F, created 2016-04-03
      "Daniel Sousa (passwords) <daniel at sousa.me>"
gpg: decryption failed: No secret key

(the ID's don't match because I tried deleting the old key and
generating a new one)

Btw, why are we using asymmetric keys instead of symmetric keys?
Wouldn't it be more secure without lost of functionality?

On 03/04/16 16:39, Kevin Cox wrote:
> It sounds like you only have the public key. You can try the description
> manually to check.
>
> gpg --decrypt < ~/.password-store/foo.gpg
>
> The public key can be used to insert (encrypt) but you will need the
> private key in order to show (decrypt) the passwords. This is because
> pass uses asymmetric cryptography.
>
> On 03/04/16 11:36 AM, Daniel Sousa wrote:
>> I am trying to use pass, but I always get the same error
>>
>> ➜  ~  pass init ACBBA601 
>> Password store initialized for ACBBA601
>> ➜  ~  pass generate foo 10
>> The generated password for foo is:
>> D-afY9}7:T
>> ➜  ~  pass foo
>> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
>>
>> gpg2 has the key:
>> ➜  ~  gpg2 --list-keys
>> (...)
>> pub   rsa2048/ACBBA601 2016-04-03 [SC]
>> uid         [ultimate] Daniel Sousa (Passwords) <passwords at daniel.sousa.me>
>> sub   rsa2048/E670104C 2016-04-03 [E]
>>
>> Can someone help me find the problem?
>>