Invalid signatures in Evo2
Ralf Corsepius
rc040203 at freenet.de
Sun Nov 21 05:23:44 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 11:49 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 17:47 +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Am Do, den 18.11.2004 schrieb Paul Howarth um 10:02:
> >
> > > > Back again with (probably) another configuration nit. Since upgrading
> > > > from FC1 w/Evolution 1.4.2 to FC3 w/Evolution 2.0.2, I've noticed that
> > > > all the digital signatures on this list are now flagged as invalid. I
> Thanks for your replies. Very helpful. Now that I look in my home
> directory, I find that there is no ~/.gnupg directory,
ATM, you are supposed to create it.
> and of course no
> gnupg.conf file to modify or lock.
>
> When I click on that "Invalid signature" icon the Security Information
> popup box says:
>
> Digital Signature
> The signature of this message cannot be verified, it
> may have been altered in transit.
> gpg: failed to create temporary file `/home/doc/.gnupg/ \
> .#lk0xf7005ac8.lioness.7077': No such file or directory
> gpg: can't allocate lock for `/home/doc/.gnupg/pubring.gpg'
> gpg: keyblock resource `/home/doc/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general \
> error
> gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux)
> gpg: Signature made Thu 18 Nov 2004 10:47:55 AM CST using DSA \
> key ID B366A773
> gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
> Encryption
> This message is not encrypted. Its content may be
> viewed in transit across the Internet.
>
> That's heavy stuff. By upgrading from FC1 to FC3, have I missed some
> sort of pre-config routine that should have been run after gnupg was
> installed?
The message above is gpg's way to tell you that you missed to create
"~/.gnupg"
mkdir ~/.gnupg
should help.
Ralf
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