eric@lucii.org on Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:40:16 +0100


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[PLUG] GPG question


I just enabled gpg with mutt - pretty cool!

When I sign a message i get two warnings:  

gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
gpg: key E1D5DBC3: secret key without public key - skipped

Can anybody tell me what these are?  A cursory examination of the
documentation has given me no answers.

Insecure memory. I can guess what that it.  I just don't know how to 
"fix" it. Or even if I should.

The other is obvious... it has a secret key but no public key
to go along with it.  So I tried to look at the relevant
key(s) and...

$ gpg --list-keys E1D5DBC3 
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
gpg: error reading key: public key not found
$ gpg --list-secret-keys E1D5DBC3
gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
gpg: key E1D5DBC3: secret key without public key - skipped
gpg: error reading key: secret key not available

Is this telling me that I have to have a public key before I can see 
the associated secret key.  I don't even know why it's trying to use
that key... I have a different key I'm using to sign it.  This must
be a key that mutt or gpg thinks applies?

Any help is appreciated.

Eric
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