Error getting Julian's key

[Glenn Steen]

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On 11/10/05, Chris W. Parker <cparker at swatgear.com> wrote:
> According to http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=maq:index I am
> supposed to run 'gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 1415B654'
> before installation. However I get the following output:
>
> gpg: failed to create temporary file
> `/root/.gnupg/.#lk0x8bc9a8.localhost.localdomain.25932': No such file or
> directory
> gpg: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general error
> gpg: failed to create temporary file
> `/root/.gnupg/.#lk0x8bccb8.localhost.localdomain.25932': No such file or
> directory
> gpg: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general error
> gpg: no writable keyring found: eof
> gpg: error reading `[stream]': general error
> gpg: Total number processed: 0
>
> 'rpm -qa|grep -i gpg' returns:
>
> libgpg-error-1.0-1
> gpg-pubkey-443e1821-421f218f
>
>
> What am I missing or doing wrong?
>
>
>
> Chris.
>
Well.... Do you have a keyring to add his public key to?
If not, just run through "gpg --gen-key" to generate both a secring
and a pubring (and a key pair for yourself:), then try receiving his
pubkey again.

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-- Glenn
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work: glenn < dot > steen < at > ap1 < dot > se

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