Re: Can't generate new keys

2007-06-03 Thread rocko
'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

Can't generate new keys

2007-06-03 Thread rocko
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.

Generating and storeing keys on usb pen

2007-04-22 Thread rocko
I want to generate a new key pair, but i want to save it to a usb pen drive so i can keep it safe. I don't want any gpg keys stored on my laptop, in case it gets lost or stolen, the culprits won't have access to my gpg keys. So my questions is how do i tell gpg to look for my keys on a usb pen dr

GPG gives wierd data when trying to decrypt

2007-04-05 Thread Rocko
When i try to decrypt a file the letters in the terminal window get crazy. its like they become encrypted, or maybe the terminal is displaying the encrypted file in the window, i really don't know. all i know is i can't decrypt any files that i've encrpyted. using gpg --decrypt filename on Unbuntu