B.2. Warning Messages

When executing GnuPG commands, you will probably see the message:

gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!

problem. For details, refer to http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q6.1.

You might also see the following message:

gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on configuration file "/home/username/.gnupg/gpg.conf"

permissions:

chmod 600 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf

Another common warning messages is as follows:

gpg: WARNING: unsafe enclosing directory permissions on configuration file 
"/home/username/.gnupg/gpg.conf"

the following command to change the file permissions:

chmod 700 ~/.gnupg

If you upgraded from a previous version of GnuPG, you might see the message:

gpg: /home/username/.gnupg/gpg.conf:82: deprecated option "honor-http-proxy"
gpg: please use "keyserver-options honor-http-proxy" instead

This warning is because your ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf file contains the line:

honor-http-proxy

Version 1.0.7 and higher prefers a different syntax. Change the line to the following:

keyserver-options honor-http-proxy