Failing to generate keys in Thunderbird Enigmail
Running Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP 15. Trying to encrypt my email with Enigmail in Thunderbird, but key generation fails, unfortunately. Debugging log shows the following errors:
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 [DEBUG] keyRing.jsm: generateKey: subprocess = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 enigmailKeygen.js: Start: gKeygenRequest = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:18.019 [DEBUG] enigmailKeygen.js: onDataAvailable() gpg: Generating key
gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No agent running
gpg: key generation failed: No agent running
[GNUPG:] ERROR key_generate 33554509
[GNUPG:] KEY_NOT_CREATED
gpg: done
Even though the GPG agent seems to be running fine:
It may be that Enigmail is unable to access the agent due to permissions? I tried:
$ sudo chmod 777 .gnupg/ -R
and
$ chmod u+w .gnupg
and
$ chmod 0700 ~/.gnupg
as those were suggested in other threads, but to no avail. Can anybody help?
18.04 permissions thunderbird gnupg enigmail
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Running Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP 15. Trying to encrypt my email with Enigmail in Thunderbird, but key generation fails, unfortunately. Debugging log shows the following errors:
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 [DEBUG] keyRing.jsm: generateKey: subprocess = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 enigmailKeygen.js: Start: gKeygenRequest = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:18.019 [DEBUG] enigmailKeygen.js: onDataAvailable() gpg: Generating key
gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No agent running
gpg: key generation failed: No agent running
[GNUPG:] ERROR key_generate 33554509
[GNUPG:] KEY_NOT_CREATED
gpg: done
Even though the GPG agent seems to be running fine:
It may be that Enigmail is unable to access the agent due to permissions? I tried:
$ sudo chmod 777 .gnupg/ -R
and
$ chmod u+w .gnupg
and
$ chmod 0700 ~/.gnupg
as those were suggested in other threads, but to no avail. Can anybody help?
18.04 permissions thunderbird gnupg enigmail
edited 2 days ago
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Running Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP 15. Trying to encrypt my email with Enigmail in Thunderbird, but key generation fails, unfortunately. Debugging log shows the following errors:
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 [DEBUG] keyRing.jsm: generateKey: subprocess = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 enigmailKeygen.js: Start: gKeygenRequest = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:18.019 [DEBUG] enigmailKeygen.js: onDataAvailable() gpg: Generating key
gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No agent running
gpg: key generation failed: No agent running
[GNUPG:] ERROR key_generate 33554509
[GNUPG:] KEY_NOT_CREATED
gpg: done
Even though the GPG agent seems to be running fine:
It may be that Enigmail is unable to access the agent due to permissions? I tried:
$ sudo chmod 777 .gnupg/ -R
and
$ chmod u+w .gnupg
and
$ chmod 0700 ~/.gnupg
as those were suggested in other threads, but to no avail. Can anybody help?
18.04 permissions thunderbird gnupg enigmail
edited 2 days ago
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asked Feb 26 at 10:26
PepijnPepijn
164
Running Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP 15. Trying to encrypt my email with Enigmail in Thunderbird, but key generation fails, unfortunately. Debugging log shows the following errors:
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 [DEBUG] keyRing.jsm: generateKey: subprocess = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:17.986 enigmailKeygen.js: Start: gKeygenRequest = [object Object]
2019-02-26 11:09:18.019 [DEBUG] enigmailKeygen.js: onDataAvailable() gpg: Generating key
gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No agent running
gpg: key generation failed: No agent running
[GNUPG:] ERROR key_generate 33554509
[GNUPG:] KEY_NOT_CREATED
gpg: done
Even though the GPG agent seems to be running fine:
It may be that Enigmail is unable to access the agent due to permissions? I tried:
$ sudo chmod 777 .gnupg/ -R
and
$ chmod u+w .gnupg
and
$ chmod 0700 ~/.gnupg
as those were suggested in other threads, but to no avail. Can anybody help?
18.04 permissions thunderbird gnupg enigmail
18.04 permissions thunderbird gnupg enigmail
edited 2 days ago
Community♦
1
asked Feb 26 at 10:26
PepijnPepijn
164
edited 2 days ago
Community♦
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asked Feb 26 at 10:26
PepijnPepijn
164
edited 2 days ago
Community♦
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edited 2 days ago
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edited 2 days ago
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