Permission denied while deleting secret key by `gpg --delete-secret-keys name`
Issue
- Switch userA from userB by the
sucommand, userA is not able to delete secret keys due to "Permission denied".
[userA@efi8 ~]$ gpg --delete-secret-keys FAAC601700B5612F67D176DB776D6D1BCDFB7379
gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.20; Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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sec rsa2048/776D6D1BCDFB7379 2023-05-26 redhat
Delete this key from the keyring? (y/N) y
This is a secret key! - really delete? (y/N) y
gpg: deleting secret key failed: Permission denied
gpg: deleting secret subkey failed: Permission denied
gpg: FAAC601700B5612F67D176DB776D6D1BCDFB7379: delete key failed: Permission denied
- Login as userA directly, UserA can delete secret keys.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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