Backing up and exporting a GNUPG key

Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz at simpaticus.com
Fri Nov 12 23:12:08 UTC 2004


On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 20:36 +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Fr, den 12.11.2004 schrieb Rodolfo J. Paiz um 20:18:
> 
> > I've recently created a key with GNUPG. However, I'm now backing up my
> > system (FC3-T3) to do a fresh install of FC3, and I don't know how to do
> > three things:
> > 
> >   1. Export my key to a keyserver.
> 
> gpg --send-keys [key ID]
> 
> Maybe set a specific key server in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf.
> 
> >   2. Back up my key so I can later reinstall it.
> 
> tar xvf gnupg.backup.tar ~/.gnupg
> 

Hey, thanks. Done that.

But do I really need the *whole* directory backed up? Can't I just back
up the one or two files that represent my private and public keys, like
I do with DSA certs for OpenSSH?

Cheers,

-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
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