Can't generate new keys
When i try to make a new key i get the following error: gpg: no writable public keyring found: eof Key generation failed: eof I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and logged on as regular user. I've generated a key before but i used: sudo gpg --gen-key that works fine. I just can't seem to do it as regular user. Do i have to be root to gen a new key pair? ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Can't generate new keys
rocko wrote: When i try to make a new key i get the following error: gpg: no writable public keyring found: eof Key generation failed: eof I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and logged on as regular user. I've generated a key before but i used: sudo gpg --gen-key that works fine. I just can't seem to do it as regular user. I'd guess that the ownership/permissions on your ~/.gnupg dir and/or keyring files are not correct. Check that you own the directory and the files in ~/.gnupg using ls -la ~/.gnupg (as a regular user). It should look something like this: $ ls -la .gnupg/ total 88K drwx-- 2 user user 4.0K Apr 3 15:18 . drwx-- 43 user user 4.0K Jun 3 20:34 .. -rw--- 1 user user 9.0K Dec 8 15:51 gpg.conf -rw--- 1 user user 11K Dec 8 16:02 pubring.gpg -rw--- 1 user user 9.7K Dec 8 15:56 pubring.gpg~ -rw--- 1 user user 600 Dec 8 15:57 random_seed -rw--- 1 user user 1.3K Dec 8 15:52 secring.gpg -rw--- 1 user user 1.3K Dec 8 15:56 trustdb.gpg -- ToddOpenPGP - KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~ Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood. -- Anonymous pgpgeTg8UpUwD.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Can't generate new keys
* rocko [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-06-03 15:40 -0700]: I just can't seem to do it as regular user. Do i have to be root to gen a new key pair? You shouldn't have to be. What are the permissions on ~/.gnupg ? Breen -- Breen Mullins Menlo Park, California ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Can't generate new keys
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I'd guess that the ownership/permissions on your ~/.gnupg dir and/or keyring files are not correct. Check that you own the directory and Additionally, the command 'chown -R my_user_name:my_user_name .gnupg' can do magic to fix these problems. - -- Robert J. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most people are never thought about after they're gone. 'I wonder where Rob got the plutonium?' is better than most get. -- Phil Munson -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iFYEAREIAAYFAkZjdSIACgkQf2XByo0Cu7MNsQDbBigv89TAx/EOOzU3T1I43Cw9 0sSNO6NXZdTwpQDeLbT/1dK/D5+YJ8Eck0U1bp1Jcw/odNOWfyB804kBHAQBAQgA BgUCRmN1IgAKCRC3APSC/q+BCesRB/4+a/B1Zr+B8rpDylI5EaMBhgg6s1HrIHoc pxiHx4Qo47Ef2JL/tNOT8HUCCwYqCgvRWeL5BpmivvWMcSRKbRnSQR/xeFk0hDK3 p1o/UpCW6HD5DKpm8AR0EPfdnLV7UcD6DOE7akR6K3Oc7DDaX02pKzZ8z/hYN+WW XEvE/e1M1C9JKmmJfE6ao+FLrwHDnKvG0L/meUPXtIUFsa7tIb2m7C9gbINY6k/j ieRYScqN0NDXSUMZiCzzPSrCh/nBxLxFtnw0EPDKt9S324NlTbbZDV4LyzVElFFQ MnZUung9ciGmVnoakiNfDSEEErlByAZsJ9v8xCxKZrL5qNpAWhBP =dpXF -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Can't generate new keys
rocko wrote: Your right it seems my permissions are wrong: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la .gnupg/ total 40 drwx-- 2 acidblue acidblue 4096 2007-06-03 15:42 . drwxr-xr-x 72 acidblue acidblue 4096 2007-06-03 17:59 .. -rw--- 1 acidblue acidblue 28 2007-05-19 11:47 gpg.conf -rw--- 1 root root 4203 2007-05-19 11:54 pubring.gpg -rw--- 1 root root 4203 2007-05-19 11:54 pubring.gpg~ -rw--- 1 acidblue acidblue 600 2007-06-03 15:36 random_seed -rw--- 1 root root 1313 2007-05-19 11:54 secring.gpg -rw--- 1 root root 1280 2007-05-19 11:54 trustdb.gpg How do i change this? Can i simply 'sudo chmod' the files or do i have to reinstall gpg? chown is what you want. Something like this should do the trick: $ sudo chown -R acidblue. ~/.gnupg -- ToddOpenPGP - KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~ If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off. pgpz6SfRiLNaD.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
Re: Can't generate new keys
'chown -R user' worked! thanks everyone On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 21:00 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: rocko wrote: Your right it seems my permissions are wrong: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la .gnupg/ total 40 drwx-- 2 acidblue acidblue 4096 2007-06-03 15:42 . drwxr-xr-x 72 acidblue acidblue 4096 2007-06-03 17:59 .. -rw--- 1 acidblue acidblue 28 2007-05-19 11:47 gpg.conf -rw--- 1 root root 4203 2007-05-19 11:54 pubring.gpg -rw--- 1 root root 4203 2007-05-19 11:54 pubring.gpg~ -rw--- 1 acidblue acidblue 600 2007-06-03 15:36 random_seed -rw--- 1 root root 1313 2007-05-19 11:54 secring.gpg -rw--- 1 root root 1280 2007-05-19 11:54 trustdb.gpg How do i change this? Can i simply 'sudo chmod' the files or do i have to reinstall gpg? chown is what you want. Something like this should do the trick: $ sudo chown -R acidblue. ~/.gnupg ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
