Hi bjf, > I am having trouble when importing Keys with the GnuPG package distributed > with cygwin. I continue to get the same warning. I have searched for this > warning and have found a solution on uinx environments, however, it will not > work with cygwin. Is there any way around this solution. The following is > the warning and the fix: > > $ gpg --import KEYS > $ gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! > $ gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information > --imports all the the keys > > so I go check out the link and this is the explanation: > > Fix to: Why do I get "gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!" > > On many systems this program should be installed as setuid(root). This is > necessary to lock memory pages. Locking memory pages prevents the operating > system from writing them to disk and thereby keeping your secret keys really > secret. If you get no warning message about insecure memory your operating > system supports locking without being root. The program drops root > privileges as soon as locked memory is allocated. > > To setuid(root) permissions on the gpg binary you can either use: > > $ chmod u+s /path/to/gpg > > or > > $ chmod 4755 /path/to/gpg > > I don't want to put everything done on this page, but there is a statement > that says: > "On some systems (e.g., Windows) GnuPG does not lock memory pages and older > GnuPG versions (<=1.0.4) issue the warning:" > > $ gpg: Please note that you don't have secure memory > > But that is not the response I see. Anyway, I have thoroughly searched for > a fix and the solutions are all the same as the above.
It is a warning, it notifies you that you are using unsecure memory on
an inherently insecure operating system, commonly known as Windows.
> Any help would greatly appreciated.
Switch it off. Try `man gpg` and search for "insecure". You'll
find:
--no-secmem-warning
Suppress the warning about "using insecure memory".
or put no-secmem-warning in your gpg.conf.
This is not really a cygwin problem. Using a better OS also fixes this
"problem".
Volker
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