gpg import problem

Janusz A. Urbanowicz alex@FUCKUP.fantastyka.net
Fri May 18 20:23:02 2001



> Hello,
>
> I am trying to import a valid pubkey type, created on a MAC, using
> the latest freeware version of PGP. I am using gpg version 1.0.5 on a
> SUN/Solaris
> machine. What is wrong and how can I get this to work?
> The following is the command and error message:
> pgp> gpg --import CrusoKey
> gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> gpg: read_block: read error: invalid packet
> gpg: import from `CrusoKey' failed: invalid keyring
> gpg: Total number processed: 0
>
> I received the publickey from a zip drive and
> moved it to the unix machine, from my pc, via binary ftp.
try exporting it via ascii form and e-mailing it (or some other method of communiction with the mac that does not involve transmission of mac files). Alex