On 18/11/14 09:08, Allan McRae wrote: > On 18/11/14 07:31, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: >> On 11/17/2014 05:44 AM, Allan McRae wrote: >>> I have a GPG keychain for the root user which is used to validate all >>> files in my package management system. To add a key into this key >>> chain, I have been running: >>> >>> sudo gpg --homedir /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ --recv-keys EAE999BD >>> >>> With the 2.1 release, this now give the following error: >>> >>> gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/root/.gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: IPC connect >>> call failed >>> gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr >>> >>> >>> Is there a way to handle this that I am missing or is it a bug? >> >> what version of dirmngr are you running? gnupg 2.1.0 needs to use >> dirmngr 2.1.0 (found in the gnupg 2.1.x source now, instead of the >> separate distribution). > > I am using the latest version: > > # dirmngr --version > dirmngr (GnuPG) 2.1.0 >
I have found running "dirmngr < /dev/null" as root creates /root/.gnupg/S.dirmngr and allows gpg to work properly. Is this something that should happen automatically? Allan _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
