On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:17:48 +0100, Patrick Brunschwig said: > If the sequence is: > 1. --edit-key > 2. --edit-key > Then the error occurs regardless of the directory name. Thanks. I found it. It is the check_trustdb_stale() call done too late. Fixed it by running it earlier at --edit-key. Salam-Shalom, Werner