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[cottrell@pinger ~]$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.14; Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

gpg: keyring `/u/sf/cottrell/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/u/sf/cottrell/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
Please select what kind of key you want:
   (1) RSA and RSA (default)
   (2) DSA and Elgamal
   (3) DSA (sign only)
   (4) RSA (sign only)
Your selection?
RSA keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long.
What keysize do you want? (2048)
Requested keysize is 2048 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
      <n>  = key expires in n days
      <n>w = key expires in n weeks
      <n>m = key expires in n months
      <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0)
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct? (y/N) y

GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key.

Real name: Roger Cottrell
Email address: rlacottrell@gmail.com
Comment: Les
You selected this USER-ID:
    "Roger Cottrell (Les) <rlacottrell@gmail.com>"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.

can't connect to `/u/sf/cottrell/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or
directory
gpg-agent[6645]: directory `/u/sf/cottrell/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d'
created
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.


We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[C^[[B
         gjhgjhfhfuiuiouomnmmnnbb /u/sf/cottrell/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg:
trustdb created
gpg: key 271CF0E9 marked as ultimately trusted
public and secret key created and signed.

gpg: checking the trustdb
gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
gpg: depth: 0  valid:   1  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
pub   2048R/271CF0E9 2013-09-11
      Key fingerprint = 0B4F EC8A D1D0 568A 654C  BD99 B058 14A9 271C F0E9
uid                  Roger Cottrell (Les) <rlacottrell@gmail.com>
sub   2048R/87C7DB76 2013-09-11

[cottrell@pinger ~]$  [cottrell@pinger ~]$ ls -la .gnupg/
total 62
drwx------   3 cottrell sf  2048 Sep 10 22:35 ./
drwxr-xr-x 108 cottrell sf 49152 Sep 10 21:50 ../
drwx------   2 cottrell sf  2048 Sep 10 22:06 private-keys-v1.d/
-rw-------   1 cottrell sf  1203 Sep 10 22:35 pubring.gpg
-rw-------   1 cottrell sf  1203 Sep 10 22:35 pubring.gpg~
-rw-------   1 cottrell sf   600 Sep 10 22:35 random_seed
-rw-------   1 cottrell sf  2581 Sep 10 22:35 secring.gpg
-rw-------   1 cottrell sf  1280 Sep 10 22:35 trustdb.gpg

Set up privilages for .gnupg directory

Set up a .gnupg directory with the right privileges. Initially you will get something like:

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