Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 17:50:57 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= <moeller@zedian.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie: How to set GnuPG to setuid(root)? Message-ID: <20020528145057.GB21699@ns2.wananchi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020528162556.A85007@piranha.zedian.net> References: <20020528162556.A85007@piranha.zedian.net>
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* Martin Möller <moeller@zedian.net> [20020528 17:27]: wrote:
> Hello, everbody!
>
> Everytime I call gpg (1.07) I get the warning message:
> "Warning: using insecure memory!"
>
> The problem is described the FAQs on www.gnupg.org.
> The FAQ says it's neccessary that the program is installed
> setuid(root). A
>
> # ls -l /usr/local/bin/gpg
>
> reveals owner "root.wheel".
>
> I don't know what exactly is meant with setuid(root)... :(
>
> Please give me a hint!
Add this line to your ~/.gnupg/options
no-secmem-warning
And your problem will be gone.
My gpg is not setuid either..
wash@ns2 ('tty') ~ 6 -> ls -al /usr/local/bin/gpg
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 557640 Jul 17 2001 /usr/local/bin/gpg
But to make a file setuid you can do
chmod 4755 filename
-Wash
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