Do not do that. That will remove your personal GPG keys, if they exist. Tyler
On Monday 12 April 2010 17:00:04 Daniel Case wrote: > Have you tried getting rid of the folder /home/cjm/.gnupg ? > > It should force it to redownload the pubkeys properly. > > ~Daniel > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Cornelius Mostert < > > corneliusmost...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Hello all > > I am getting this every time I do an Update from Update Manager > > W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following > > signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: > > NO_PUBKEY 9BDB3D89CE49EC21 > > > > I have tried this: sudo gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys > > 9BDB3D89CE49EC21 > > But only get:gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file > > `/home/cjm/.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 > > > > If I do it with out the sudo then the error is almost the same: > > gpg: WARNING: unsafe enclosing directory permissions on configuration > > file `/home/cjm/.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 done this also: sudo chown cjm:cjm /home/cjm/.gnupg/* > > > > But did not help. > > Please could you try and tell me how to solve this. My version state: > > 8.10 Linux Kernel 2.6.27-17-generic, and it is 64 bit > > > > thanx > > -- > > _________________________________________ > > Cornelius Mostert > > Senior IT Specialist > > United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 > > International: 0044 75 2233 4818 > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- "Always hold your sales meetings in rooms too small for the audience, even if it means holding them in the WC. 'Standing room only' creates an atmosphere of success, as in theatres and restaurants, while a half-empty auditorium smells of failure." -- David Ogilvy, "Ogilvy on Advertising" -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
