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Ubuntu 16.04 error binding socket

Asked by Jim Genovese

Error message when I open terminal window is

gpg-agent[26121]: WARNING: "--write-env-file" is an obsolete option - it has no effect
gpg-agent[26121]: error binding socket to '/home/jim/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': Permission denied

I am trying to access gnupg on Ubuntu 16.04 and then open gpa. Similar problem with Kleopatra.

I expect to be able to use gpa or Kleopatra to access certificates on the server, to create my own certificate, and to process other gpg certificates.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

"error binding socket to '/home/jim/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': Permission denied"

What is the output of the commands

ls -la /home/jim/.gnupg

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Jim Genovese (genovese-jim) said : 		#2

The response to the command ls -la /home/jim/.gnupg is
jim@jim-Aspire-Z3-710:~$ ls -la /home/jim/.gnugp
ls: cannot access '/home/jim/.gnugp': No such file or directory

If I use the GUI, and cntrl-h I can see it, but it has a lock and when I try to open it I get an error message, you do not have permission to open it.

Hope this is what you were asking

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

There must be a mistyping somewhere.

whst is the output of

ls -lad ~/.gnu*

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Jim Genovese (genovese-jim) said : 		#4

The response to ls -lad ~/.gnu* is
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Mar 12 22:59 /home/jim/.gnupg

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

As expected. That file is not owned by you, but by root, which is wrong.

Try

sudo chown -R jim:jim ~/.gnupg/

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Jim Genovese (genovese-jim) said : 		#6

I see what you are saying, but when I tried sudo chown -R jim:jim ~/.gnupg/

jim@jim-Aspire-Z3-710:~$ sudo chown -R jim:jim ~/.gnugp
[sudo] password for jim:
chown: cannot access '/home/jim/.gnugp': No such file or directory

I also tried this which I believe should give me a root console
jim@jim-Aspire-Z3-710:~$ sudo -i chown -R jim:jim ~/.gnugp
chown: cannot access '/home/jim/.gnugp': No such file or directory

And got the same response.

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

Try again with

ls -lad ~/.gnu*

If you get a file listed, then execute

sudo chown -R jim:jim ~/.gnu*

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Jim Genovese (genovese-jim) said : 		#8

Thank you very much. That worked. I'm not sure why but I will try to research it. Many thanks for sharing your expertise.

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Jim Genovese (genovese-jim) said : 		#9

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.