<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Sáb, 2006-08-19 às 17:19 +0100, Tony Arnold escreveu: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Leonard, On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:56:29 -0700, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > When I run: > lchata@ubuntu:/etc/apt$ sudo gpg --keyserver > subkeys.pgp.net --recv 33BAC1B3 > gpg: WARNING: unsafe enclosing directory ownership on > configuration file `/home/lchata/.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 > lchata@ubuntu:/etc/apt$ > > If I uderstand the message, it says that my home dir > is unsafe and should be owned by not me??? Never seen > this before using the command. Can somene explain this > to me and tell me how to fix so I can activate the > repo. I read this as the permissions on the .gnupg directory are not to the liking of gpg. If it helps, mine is like this: drwx------ 2 user user 4096 2006-08-19 16:57 .gnupg/ Note it is owned by me, and readable and writable only by me. Regards, Tony. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> You need to set read, write permissions to this directory. Only to your user. After this everything should be ok. I had already this problem in the past. </PRE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Sincerely José Oleiro aka Matafome (#computers at irc.ptnet.org <A HREF="http://blogmatafome.blogspot.com">Blog do Matafome</A> ) Running Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper with XGL on Fujitsu-Siemens Model Amilo M 1420 </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>