gnupg1.0.7 removing the secmem warning

[Newton Hammet]

Newton Hammet wrote:
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> Mikko Moilanen wrote:
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> > Viestiss=E4 Maanantai 7. Tammikuuta 2002 21:41, kirjoitit:
> > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:29:54PM -0500, Frank Tobin wrote:
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> > > gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> > > see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html#q6.1 for information
> >
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> Hello All,
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>    I have just installed gnupg.1.0.7, and it compiled no errors,
> and I used it to create a public key.
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>    This is a stupid question, I know, but I followed the faq above
> about setuid ... and I have the following:

I apologize for bothering the list with this question...

I checked my PATH and, sure enuf, I was not executing the gnupg-1.0.7 tha=
t
I just installed, I was running the /usr/bin/gpg that apparently came
with RH7.2 Linux, and it did NOT have setuid set for root.

I answered my own question ....

in other words .... DOOOH! (Homer Simpson)

Regards, Newton

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> rwsrwsr-x root root  /usr/local/bin/gpg
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> I am still getting the :
> "Warning: using insecure memory!'
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> I do not want to simply turn off the warning... I want to setup
> gpg properly so that it will plock the appropiate pages in real
> memory.
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> Is there something obvious I am missing?  I went through the same
> process with gnupg.1.0.6, with the same procedure and that worked
> just fine.
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> and I am running Linux RH 7.2...
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> Do I need to go back and re-do the make and give it some additional
> options?
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> Please can someone help.
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> Regards, Newton
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