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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