LinuxQuestions.org - cannot find .gnupg in root

Thank you very much for your reply. I did as what you have told. But I have the following error message. I dun know why. Please help again!

# gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.6; Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

gpg: failed to create temporary file `/root/.gnupg/.#lk0xf7005998.localhost.localdomain.3485': No such file or directory
gpg: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general error
gpg: failed to create temporary file `/root/.gnupg/.#lk0xf7005ca8.localhost.localdomain.3485': No such file or directory
gpg: keyblock resource `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general error
Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) DSA and ElGamal (default)
(2) DSA (sign only)
(4) RSA (sign only)
Your selection? 1
DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
About to generate a new ELG-E keypair.
minimum keysize is 768 bits
default keysize is 1024 bits
highest suggested keysize is 2048 bits
What keysize do you want? (1024)
Requested keysize is 1024 bits
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
0 = key does not expire
<n> = key expires in n days
<n>w = key expires in n weeks
<n>m = key expires in n months
<n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0)
Key does not expire at all
Is this correct (y/n)? y

You need a User-ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user id
from Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form:
"Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <heinrichh@duesseldorf.de>"

Real name: root
Name must be at least 5 characters long
Real name: XXXXX
Email address: XXXXX
Comment: Fedora 3
You selected this USER-ID:
"XXXXX (Fedora 3) <XXXX.com>"

Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? 0
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.

We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
++++++++++.+++++.++++++++++..++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.+++++.++++++++++.++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++>+++++................................................... ..................................................................+++++
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
+++++.+++++++++++++++.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.+++++.+++++++++++++++.+++++++++++++++ .+++++..++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++++>+++++>.+++++....................................<+++++.>++++ +...............................................<+++++.........................+++++^^^
gpg: no writable public keyring found: eof
Key generation failed: eof
gpg: can't create `/root/.gnupg/random_seed': No such file or directory