+# create the temp gnupghome directories
+mkdir -p -m 750 "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSDATADIR"/gnupg-host
+mkdir -p -m 700 "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSDATADIR"/gnupg-authentication
+
+# create a new host key
+echo "-- generating server key..."
+echo | monkeysphere-server gen-key --length 1024 --expire 0