On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 12:42 PM Alain D D Williams <a...@phcomp.co.uk> wrote: > > I am running Debian 10 (buster). I generated a new key that I wanted to > upload, > but it fails: > > $ gpg --send-keys 0xBA366B977C06BAF7 > gpg: sending key 0xBA366B977C06BAF7 to hkps://keys.openpgp.org > gpg: keyserver send failed: Server indicated a failure > gpg: keyserver send failed: Server indicated a failure > > I copied my ~/.gnupg to a Debian 11 (bullesys) machine, it works: > > $ gpg --send-keys 0xBA366B977C06BAF7 > gpg: sending key 0xBA366B977C06BAF7 to hkps://keys.openpgp.org > $ > > Back on buster I grabbed the latest version: > /etc/apt/sources.list: > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib > non-free > # apt -V -t=buster-backports install gpg > > I killed the dirmngr daemon: > > # killall dirmngr > > I tried the send-keys again and got the same result, ie failure. > > Please: what should I do to fix this.
keys.openpgp.org should be operational. It responds to ping. Also have a look at https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2021-June/065261.html . Jeff
