Secure memory setuid

[Florian Weimer]

Benjamin White <bjwhite66212@netscape.net> writes:

> GPG 1.2.0 is installed on my computer with Linux 2.4.18-10.  When
> starting gpg I get:

> gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory!  I have tried to setuid(root) for
> gpg with the command:  chmod a+s gpg.  The directory reads:
> -rws--x--x   1 root  root  619833 Feb 22  2002 /usr/bin/gpg
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

The date is suspicious.  Most likely you do not run this binary.

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