gpg --gen-key fails

[Claudio Iannotta]

Il giorno gio, 12/10/2006 alle 23.09 +0200, Ladislav Hagara ha scritto:
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to generate a gpg key with
> > Code:
> > gpg --gen-key
> > but i receive a message like (transtation):
> > writable public keyring not found : eof
> > what i'm supposed to do?
> 
> Just trying:
> 
> $ mkdir .gnupg
already exists
> $ chmod 555 .gnupg/
done, also with 777 but same error
> $ gpg --gen-key
> ...
> *gpg: no writable public keyring found: eof*
> Key generation failed: eof
> gpg: can't create `/home/user01/.gnupg/random_seed': Permission denied
> 
> Seems something with permissions.
> What operating systems (Unix like, Windows)?
> 
Linux ubuntu amd64