I have installed Linux Mint 1.7 on an old Dell laptop with Thunderbird 31.1.2 as an email client with Enigmail. When I use setup wizzard to generate a key pair, the installation hangs up, and the debugging log file gives the following report below. As additional information, when I run Synaptic Package Mgr, I see the following packages installed:
1) gnupg 1.4.16-1 ubuntu2.1
2) libgpgmell 1.43-0.1 ubuntu5.1
3) gpgv 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1
4) Enigmail 2:1.7-0 ubuntu0.14
5) gnupg2 2.0.22-3 ubuntu1.1
6 gnupg-curl 1.4.16-1 ubuntu2.1
7) ubuntu-keyring 2012.05.19
8) gnupg-agent 2.0.22-3 ubuntu1.1
Thanks Patrick. Do you have any quick or easy suggestions on how to do that, or is it a more involved process? Should I consult a book on Unix to find out how to do this?
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Ah, ok. Your .gnupg directory is owned by the user root. Did you call gpg the first time as root (by prepending "sudo") to the command line? Is there another user on your computer knowing the root password?
Anyway: To fix this, please enter the following commands:
cd
sudo chown -R bruce:bruce .gnupg
This should transfer ownership of .gnupg and the containing files to user bruce, group bruce.
Afterwards
ls -al .gnupg
should yield the following output:
total 72
drwx------ 2 bruce bruce 4096 Oct 4 10:45 .
drwx------ 31 bruce bruce 4096 Oct 18 14:31 ..
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 9398 Oct 4 10:44 gpg.conf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg~
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 0 Oct 4 10:44 secring.gpg
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 1200 Oct 4 10:45 trustdb.gpg
and every gnupg and Enigmail operation should work now.
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I have installed Linux Mint 1.7 on an old Dell laptop with Thunderbird 31.1.2 as an email client with Enigmail. When I use setup wizzard to generate a key pair, the installation hangs up, and the debugging log file gives the following report below. As additional information, when I run Synaptic Package Mgr, I see the following packages installed:
1) gnupg 1.4.16-1 ubuntu2.1
2) libgpgmell 1.43-0.1 ubuntu5.1
3) gpgv 1.4.16-1ubuntu2.1
4) Enigmail 2:1.7-0 ubuntu0.14
5) gnupg2 2.0.22-3 ubuntu1.1
6 gnupg-curl 1.4.16-1 ubuntu2.1
7) ubuntu-keyring 2012.05.19
8) gnupg-agent 2.0.22-3 ubuntu1.1
Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?
enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys
gpg: failed to create temporary file
/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x9b818d0.bruce-MM061.11203': Permission denied gpg: keyblock resource/home/bruce/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general errorgpg: failed to create temporary file
/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x9b81880.bruce-MM061.11203': Permission denied gpg: keyblock resource/home/bruce/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general errorgpg: can't access
/home/bruce/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg': Permission denied gpg: fatal: can't init trustdb: trust database error secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/32768 enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys gpg: failed to create temporary file/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x91e88d0.bruce-MM061.11207': Permission deniedgpg: keyblock resource
/home/bruce/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general error gpg: failed to create temporary file/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x91e8880.bruce-MM061.11207': Permission deniedgpg: keyblock resource
/home/bruce/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general error gpg: can't access/home/bruce/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg': Permission deniedgpg: fatal: can't init trustdb: trust database error
secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/32768
enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -t --clearsign -u Bjala@Comcast.net --use-agent
enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys
gpg: failed to create temporary file
/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x85288d0.bruce-MM061.11223': Permission denied gpg: keyblock resource/home/bruce/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general errorgpg: failed to create temporary file
/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x8528880.bruce-MM061.11223': Permission denied gpg: keyblock resource/home/bruce/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general errorgpg: can't access
/home/bruce/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg': Permission denied gpg: fatal: can't init trustdb: trust database error secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/32768 enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -t --clearsign -u <Bjala@Comcast.net> --use-agent enigmail> /usr/bin/gpg --charset utf-8 --display-charset utf-8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-secret-keys gpg: failed to create temporary file/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x87a78d0.bruce-MM061.11237': Permission deniedgpg: keyblock resource
/home/bruce/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general error gpg: failed to create temporary file/home/bruce/.gnupg/.#lk0x87a7880.bruce-MM061.11237': Permission deniedgpg: keyblock resource
/home/bruce/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general error gpg: can't access/home/bruce/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg': Permission deniedgpg: fatal: can't init trustdb: trust database error
secmem usage: 0/0 bytes in 0/0 blocks of pool 0/32768
I'd say that gpg cannot write to the directory /home/bruce/.gnupg/ - you should ensure that the directory is writable for yourself ....
Thanks Patrick. Do you have any quick or easy suggestions on how to do that, or is it a more involved process? Should I consult a book on Unix to find out how to do this?
This is about basic Unix/Linux file/directory permissions. They are wrong for your .gnupg directory.
To repair this, open a command shell (bash, zsh, etc.) and type
this should do it.
Ludwig,
I opened a Terminal window, and entered that command. This is the result of that operation.
chmod: changing permissions of '.gnupg': operation not permitted
Any suggestions as to what I should try next?
What's going on there? Obviously, you are not the owner of your .gnupg directory.
What's the output of
cd
whoami
ls -al .gnupg
Here is the screen output:
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ cd
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ whoami
bruce
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ ls-al.gnupg
ls-al.gnupg: command not found
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ ls -al .gnupg
ls: cannot open directory .gnupg: Permission denied
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $
What do I try now?
cd
sudo ls -al .gnupg
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ cd
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $ sudo ls -al .gnupg
[sudo] password for bruce:
total 72
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 4 10:45 .
drwx------ 31 bruce bruce 4096 Oct 18 14:31 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 9398 Oct 4 10:44 gpg.conf
-rw------- 1 root root 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 root root 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg~
-rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 4 10:44 secring.gpg
-rw------- 1 root root 1200 Oct 4 10:45 trustdb.gpg
bruce@bruce-MM061 ~ $
??
Ah, ok. Your .gnupg directory is owned by the user root. Did you call gpg the first time as root (by prepending "sudo") to the command line? Is there another user on your computer knowing the root password?
Anyway: To fix this, please enter the following commands:
cd
sudo chown -R bruce:bruce .gnupg
This should transfer ownership of .gnupg and the containing files to user bruce, group bruce.
Afterwards
ls -al .gnupg
should yield the following output:
total 72
drwx------ 2 bruce bruce 4096 Oct 4 10:45 .
drwx------ 31 bruce bruce 4096 Oct 18 14:31 ..
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 9398 Oct 4 10:44 gpg.conf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2184 Oct 4 10:45 pubring.gpg~
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 0 Oct 4 10:44 secring.gpg
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 1200 Oct 4 10:45 trustdb.gpg
and every gnupg and Enigmail operation should work now.
It worked!
Thank you for your patience and help. Much appreciated!