On Apr 6, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
Just tried to d/l a key and was greeted with
[hol...@localhost]~$ sudo gpg --recv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu
A373FB480EC4FE05
[sudo] password for holtzm:
gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/
holtzm/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: external program calls are disabled due to unsafe options file
permissions
gpg: keyserver communications error: general error
gpg: keyserver receive failed: general error
I have downloaded keys from this server before with no problems. The
ownership on the file in question is
-rw------- 1 holtzm holtzm 9419 2008-10-04 21:58 ./.gnupg/gpg.conf
Why are you downloading keys as root (i.e. using sudo)?
David
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