Re: gnupg: Question rabout a gpg warning message

[Jeffery Small]

Simon Waters <simon@wretched.demon.co.uk> wrote

> Jeffery Small wrote:
> | Every time I start gpg, I get the following message:
> |
> |   gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file
>  "${HOME}/.gnupg/gpg.conf"
> |
> | The .gnupg directory has mode 700, the file gpg.conf has mode 600, and
>  both are
> | owned by me.
> |
> | What is gpg complaining about here?
> 
> Ownership not permissions

Well, the files are owned by me under my $HOME directory.
Who does gnupg think would be a better owner?  And why?

Thanks.
--
Jeff