secring.gpg: file open error

[Noel D. Torres Taño]

Treutwein Bernhard wrote:
> 
> After successfully installing GnuPG and calling gpg --gen-key for the first
> time
> I get an error message that gpg can't open the secring and some messages that
> the .gnupg directory and pubring were created. When I try now to create my
> key
> pair, gpg fails.
> 
> If I call gpg --gen-key again, gpg creates the secring.gpg and it works.
> 
> This behaviour is reproducible, if I delete the .gnupg directory.
> 
> This is on a Solaris 8 Intel machine with prngd, openssl & openssh installed.
> 
> gpg is running suid (to avoid the famous "insecure memory").
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature ?
> 
> bash-2.03$ rm -r .gnupg/
> bash-2.03$ gpg --gen-key
> gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.1; Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
> 
> gpg: /home/treutwei/.gnupg: directory created
> gpg: new configuration file `/home/treutwei/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created
> gpg: keyblock resource `/home/treutwei/.gnupg/secring.gpg': file open error
> gpg: keyring `/home/treutwei/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
> Please select what kind of key you want:
>    (1) DSA and ElGamal (default)
>    (2) DSA (sign only)
>    (5) RSA (sign only)
> Your selection? ^C
> gpg: some signal caught ... exiting
> 
> bash-2.03$ gpg --gen-key
> gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.1; Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.
> 
> gpg: keyring `/home/treutwei/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
> Please select what kind of key you want:
>    (1) DSA and ElGamal (default)
>    (2) DSA (sign only)
>    (5) RSA (sign only)
> Your selection? ^C
> gpg: some signal caught ... exiting
> 
> --
>         Bernhard Treutwein
>         ------------------
>         Work: Bernhard.Treutwein at verwaltung.uni-muenchen.de
>         Home: BdT at wildwein.de
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I think it is totally correct. The program can't lock a file which don't
exist. After the first secret key creation or import, all will be as the
silk.

Noel