GnuPG Error - GnuPG failed to start because of "unsafe permissions"

Question

Every time I start Kubuntu, I get same error. Here is the KSnapshot:

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Answer 1

The error message already includes a detailed problem statement. You probably migrated your .gnupg folder from another machine, or tampered another way with the file permissions.

These two lines fix the permissions. The first one ensures that the ~/.gnupg folder (and everything in it) is actually yours. To possibly overtake ownership, it requires root privileges, thus the sudo. The second line makes sure nobody but you can read its contents (remove read, write and execute permissions for group and other users).

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} ~/.gnupg
chmod -R go-rwx ~/.gnupg