Problems generating PGP Keys from Cpanel

[Zhen-Xjell]

Thanks to feanor for helping me out with my other thread, now I have a second question. My client has problems generating PGP key from CPanel. This is what he gets:

gpg: Generating a standard key
gpg: /home/daffy/.gpgtemp:7: missing argument

I checked the directory, that file is not there.

Ideas? Thanks

 

[AbeFroman]

what is a php key?

what is a php key?

 

[Zhen-Xjell]

Hi, this is not a &PHP Key& as PHP is a server side web scripting language. This is in reference to a &PGP Key& which is an encryption scheme called &Pretty Good Privacy&.

 

[xnull]

Same.. I tried it just because I saw this post and I get that error too.

 

[picasso]

Will tell you how to generate the keys manually.

Login as the user or do su user
o In the command prompt, type:

gpg --gen-key

you will be asked for some info, give the info as per requirements and key would be generated.

Looks something like this at startup:
---
bash-2.05a$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.6; Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) DSA and ElGamal (default)
(2) DSA (sign only)
(4) ElGamal (sign and encrypt)
Your selection?
----


it prompts for your selection. Select 1 and so on....


Regards.