[gentoo-user] safe use of .gnupg

[Philip Webb]

When encrypting a file, I was told :

  root:552 root> gpg -c <filename> 
  gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on homedir '/home/purslow/.gnupg'

The file is owned by my user, ie  <user>:<user> .
This seems to be the default when 'gpg' is installed.
I don't see anything insecure inside the dir.

Is the msg perhaps caused by my doing the job inside  /root ?
-- I am always aware of the need not to abuse root access ;
this is a single-user system to which no-one else has physical access.

What is the recommended set-up ?

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