unable to execute program `gpgkeys_hkp': Permission denied

[David Shaw]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 07:39:15PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> > > I compiled and installed GnuPG 1.4.0.  Everything works except
> > > interaction with keyservers.  When I use --send-key, --recv-key or
> > > --refresh, it always fails thus:
> > >
> > > $ gpg -v --recv-key F09BDAD5
> > > gpg: requesting key F09BDAD5 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
> > > gpg: unable to execute program `gpgkeys_hkp': Permission denied
> > > gpg: keyserver internal error
> > > gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
> > >
> > > How do I fix this?
> >
> > I had the same problem.  For some reason GnuPG wants these gpgkey_*
> > files in /usr/libexec/gnupg/, but they are installed in /usr/libexec
> >
> > Just symlink them (*) and then submit a bug report - I was and still
> > am too lazy to do it myself.
> 
> Hmm.  I found all those files in /usr/local/libexec/gnupg/ on my system, 
> but identified a related problem: the /usr/local/libexec 
> and /usr/local/libexec/gnupg directories were not world-executable. 
> "chmod a+x /usr/local/libexec /usr/local/libexec/gnupg" fixed it.  Thanks 
> for pointing me in the right direction.
> 
> Is this a bug in the install?

GnuPG doesn't actually do the install.  Rather, automake does.  It
seems to take your umask into account when doing it through.  What is
your umask?

David