receiving the following error using solana cli "Error: RPC response error -32003: Transaction signature verification failure"

Question

I am using the following commands to try and send Solana and am receiving "Error: RPC response error -32003: Transaction signature verification failure"

solana transfer --from <file path> <recipient public address> <amount> --allow-unfunded-recipient --url https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com --fee-payer <file path>

and

solana transfer <recipient public address> <amount> --allow-unfunded-recipient

I have tried the Mainnet-beta cluster and a private RPC node. Both are returning the same error

Answer 1

The error Transaction signature verification failure usually happens when you are signing with the incorrect key, or the transaction is missing a required signature.

Verify that the --from and --fee-payer are correct. If you are transferring from an account, the --from should sign this transaction.