Problem with pgp...

[David Shaw]

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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 05:46:20PM -0500, Andre Esteves wrote:
> Hi!
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> I have recently installed gnupg in my Mandrake 8.0 Linux instalation.
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> i have created keys, but forgot the passphrase (i know.. i know..), so ha=
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> delete the keys. I used the comand line option: gnupg --delete-key.
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> After that i have created a new pair of keys. But when i run: gnupg=20
> --edit-keys <user> it loops with the following message:
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> secret key available...
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> gpg: waiting for lock (hold by 4781 - probably dead) ...
> (same message....looping)

Make sure you don't have any gpg processes running, and remove the
stale lock file.  In most cases that would be in the .gnupg directory
in your home directory: "rm ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg.lock"

David

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