nonroot issue with encrypt/decrypt

nonroot issue with encrypt/decrypt

[Merciadri Luca]

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Hello,

I am using gnus for emails & newsgroup in emacs, on all my computers
(desktop & laptop).

I encounter no special issue on the desktop, but the issue encountered
on this laptop is the following.
* Everything works perfectly when using emacs > gnus as root. However,
it is strongly disadviced to run apps as root except when there is some
necessity to do that.
* Using emacs > gnus as nonroot results in
`
Connection to newsgroup

'Couldn't open connection to news.dotsrc.org: (file-error Opening input
file Decryption failed)'.
'

It looks coherent because typing `emacs myfile.gpg' results in
`File exists, but cannot be read'

(This problem does not occur as root.)

Using Tools > Encryption/Decryption > Decrypt file, I am asked 2 times
for a file, and, after having selected two times myfile.gpg, I get
`peculiar error: "Decryption failed"'

This problem does not appear when I'm root, again.

What are your suggestions?

Thanks.

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Merciadri Luca
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Re: nonroot issue with encrypt/decrypt

[W. Greenhouse]

Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am using gnus for emails & newsgroup in emacs, on all my computers
> (desktop & laptop).
>
> I encounter no special issue on the desktop, but the issue encountered
> on this laptop is the following.
> * Everything works perfectly when using emacs > gnus as root. However,
> it is strongly disadviced to run apps as root except when there is some
> necessity to do that.
> * Using emacs > gnus as nonroot results in
> `
> Connection to newsgroup
>
> 'Couldn't open connection to news.dotsrc.org: (file-error Opening input
> file Decryption failed)'.
> '
>
> It looks coherent because typing `emacs myfile.gpg' results in
> `File exists, but cannot be read'
>
> (This problem does not occur as root.)
>
> Using Tools > Encryption/Decryption > Decrypt file, I am asked 2 times
> for a file, and, after having selected two times myfile.gpg, I get
> `peculiar error: "Decryption failed"'
>
> This problem does not appear when I'm root, again.
>
> What are your suggestions?
>
> Thanks.

Does encryption/decryption work using the command line `gpg' utility?

Does the directory ~/.gnupg/ (or, alternatively, the directory named by
the environment variable GNUPGHOME) exist and contain your non-root
user's GPG private key?

Does your non-root user have appropriate permission for the GPG key
which you're trying to use?  The ~/.gnupg/ directory for the user should
be mode 0700, or drwx------.

--
Regards,
WGG

Re: nonroot issue with encrypt/decrypt

[Merciadri Luca]

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wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) writes:

> Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using gnus for emails & newsgroup in emacs, on all my computers
>> (desktop & laptop).
>>
>> I encounter no special issue on the desktop, but the issue encountered
>> on this laptop is the following.
>> * Everything works perfectly when using emacs > gnus as root. However,
>> it is strongly disadviced to run apps as root except when there is some
>> necessity to do that.
>> * Using emacs > gnus as nonroot results in
>> `
>> Connection to newsgroup
>>
>> 'Couldn't open connection to news.dotsrc.org: (file-error Opening input
>> file Decryption failed)'.
>> '
>>
>> It looks coherent because typing `emacs myfile.gpg' results in
>> `File exists, but cannot be read'
>>
>> (This problem does not occur as root.)
>>
>> Using Tools > Encryption/Decryption > Decrypt file, I am asked 2 times
>> for a file, and, after having selected two times myfile.gpg, I get
>> `peculiar error: "Decryption failed"'
>>
>> This problem does not appear when I'm root, again.
>>
>> What are your suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Does encryption/decryption work using the command line `gpg' utility?
>
> Does the directory ~/.gnupg/ (or, alternatively, the directory named by
> the environment variable GNUPGHOME) exist and contain your non-root
> user's GPG private key?
>
> Does your non-root user have appropriate permission for the GPG key
> which you're trying to use?  The ~/.gnupg/ directory for the user should
> be mode 0700, or drwx------.
>
> --
> Regards,
> WGG
Thanks, this was effectively a PGP-related issue.
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Merciadri Luca
See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/
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