[Enigmail] Enigmail couldn't connect to key-Server

[Christoph Egger]

Christoph Egger schrieb:
> Hi
> 
> whenever I try to connect to the keyserver to look for the Sender's Key
> I get a Message similar to the following:
> 
> gpg: Schlüssel 224AFD6C von hkp Server random.sks.keyserver.penguin.de
> anfordern
> gpg: kein schreibbarer Schlüsselbund gefunden: eof
> gpg: Fehler beim Lesen von `[stream]': Allgemeiner Fehler
> gpg: Anzahl insgesamt bearbeiteter Schlüssel: 0
> 
> Is anyone familar with this problem?
> 
> (Still using Thunderbird 1.5 with compatible Enigmail / Ubuntu Gnu/Linux)
> 
> Christoph

As so often I found the solution shortly after posting. My
.gnupg/pubring.gpg was owned by root and therefore not writeable for my
user.

Christoph