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Operating Systems AIX Gpg: out of memory while allocating 8192 bytes Post 302758659 by sradithya on Sunday 20th of January 2013 12:25:14 PM

01-20-2013

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Gpg: out of memory while allocating 8192 bytes

We are receiving the below error message when trying to encrypt or decrypt a file on AIX server :

Code:

gpg: out of memory while allocating 8192 bytes

gpg process was working for years on the server until the day we started to see this.

This same gpg encryption is working on an other AIX server in the same environment. Many options were tried including copying the gpg from the server that's working on, recycling the server etc. But the error is persisting.

This is not a problem with any one specific id or a group of id's. Any id trying to encrypt/decrypt is getting this error. Hence this is observed at a server level and not at a user or id level.

We have an other server with identical settings where it is working normally. Even restoring the file system from this server didn't help.

The server memory is just fine and is well within limits. Even trying to encrypt / decrypt an empty or a 3 record file is facing a problem, hence its irrespective of the file size or who is trying to encrypt/decrypt it.

Sample Error :

Code:

/home>touch simple1
/home >chmod 777 simple1
/home >/opt/TWWfsw/gnupg12/bin/gpg --encrypt-file simple1
You did not specify a user ID. (you may use "-r")
 
Enter the user ID.  End with an empty line: sradithya
gpg: out of  memory while allocating 8192 bytes
/home >

The issue that surprises is that it also worked for a day after the crash recovery. Its only the next day that it stopped working. There was a hardware component failure that had to be replaced. gpg encryption and decryption was working for a day after the crash recovery, but stopped working from the day after when no system changes took place.

No visible changes happened in that one day nor any new file systems were restored. The fact that it worked for a day after crash and then lost is perplexing.

Any help or suggestions on this or any clues to look out for would be of a invaluable help to me. Please post any suggestions that you may have.

Last edited by Scott; 01-21-2013 at 12:05 PM.. Reason: Code tags

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gpg-zip

GPG-ZIP(1)						      General Commands Manual							GPG-ZIP(1)

NAME

       gpg-zip - encrypt or sign files into an archive

SYNOPSIS

       gpg-zip [OPTIONS] filename1 [filename2, ...]  directory1 [directory2, ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the gpg-zip command.

       gpg-zip encrypts or signs files into an archive. It is an gpg-ized tar using the same format as PGP's PGP Zip.

OPTIONS

       -e, --encrypt
	      Encrypt data. This option may be combined with --symmetric (for output that may be decrypted via a secret key or a passphrase).

       -d, --decrypt
	      Decrypt data.

       -c, --symmetric
	      Encrypt  with  a	symmetric  cipher  using  a  passphrase.   The	default symmetric cipher used is CAST5, but may be chosen with the
	      --cipher-algo option to gpg(1).

       -s, --sign
	      Make a signature. See gpg(1).

       -r, --recipient USER
	      Encrypt for user id USER. See gpg(1).

       -u, --local-user USER
	      Use USER as the key to sign with. See gpg(1).

       --list-archive
	      List the contents of the specified archive.

       -o, --output FILE"
	      Write output to specified file FILE.

       --gpg GPG
	      Use the specified command instead of gpg.

       --gpg-args ARGS
	      Pass the specified options to gpg(1).

       --tar TAR
	      Use the specified command instead of tar.

       --tar-args ARGS
	      Pass the specified options to tar(1).

       -h, --help
	      Output a short usage information.

       --version
	      Output the program version.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The program returns 0 if everything was fine, 1 otherwise.

EXAMPLES

       Encrypt the contents of directory mydocs for user Bob to file test1:

	      gpg-zip --encrypt --output test1 --gpg-args  -r Bob"" mydocs

       List the contents of archive test1:

	      gpg-zip --list-archive test1

SEE ALSO

       gpg(1), tar(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Please report bugs to <bug-gnupg@gnu.org>.

       This manpage was written by Colin Tuckley <colin@tuckley.org> and Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de> for the Debian distribution  (but
       may be used by others).

								   November 2006							GPG-ZIP(1)