Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:30:43 +0100 From: Tom - FreeBSD - IOM <freebsd@iom.dk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD PKS (Public Key Server, security/pks) Message-ID: <e6183361-c7d2-ae2c-71ad-52792f54a754@iom.dk>
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Hi At my work we have x number of Linux Mint workstations. We are using Thunderbird with Enigmail installed so we can send encrypted emails using OpenPGP. So I have installed a FreeBSD PKS server (security/pks) and I have followed the guide from (https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/setting-up-your-own-openpgp-keyserver-why-how.59920/). I have configured my server as instructed, but I'm little confused about the file and directory permissions with the pksuser I have created. The created user is owner of /var/run/pks, /var/db/pks/db and /var/run/pks with rwx permissions. In Thunderbird on the Linux Mint client I have added the pks server (hkp://192.168.0.227) under Thunderbird -> Enigmail -> Preferences - Keyserver. And now I want to upload some of my public keys there are imported to Enigmail to my pks server. In Thunderbird under "Enigmail Key Management" I right click on one of the imported keys and choose "Upload Public Keys to Keyserver". And a new window show me the message "Enigmail Alert", "Sending of keys failed", "gpg: sending key 79F21FCF to hkp://192.168.0.227". I have search on the internet to get an answer, but there isn't so much documentation for pks on FreeBSD. The "pksuser" I have created on the server, I have also created it on the client with the same username, password and UID. But the problem is still there. There are some commands with PKS, but I can't figure out how to test the server to know if it working. When I boot the server I can see the line "Starting pksd" and no errors are shown after that. I can PING to 192.168.0.227 from the client. Can someone guide me to a solution, please? Or have someone found some more documentation for PKS? Or can someone tell me which log file on the client or on the server I can look at to see some errors regarding to the failed key upload, please? Thanks in advance.
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