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RE: [cobalt-users] GPG Warning: using insecure memory!
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] GPG Warning: using insecure memory!
- From: "Adam Knowles" <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Sep 17 00:00:44 2001
- Organization: Connectpoint New Media
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> > Just installed GPG ( RAQ4) and it seems to be OK :-) but I get a
warning
> > message
> >
> > gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> >
> > has anyone who has installed GPG had this problem or could shed any
> light on
> > it as I can not see why I am getting this error
>
> Because only root can lock memory....see 'bug' report ..
>
> http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/1999-July/004014.html
>
> (It's not really a bug, just a glitch ;)
>
> gsh
Yeah I installed GPG and have been using it for months - and it always
says that! Its better to install GPG as a nonroot user, but this has the
side-effect of using insecure memory. Your alternative is to install it
as root, but that has worse security problems AFAIK.
Adam Knowles
Connectpoint New Media