What to do on a different computer ?

Richard B. Tilley (Brad) rtilley@vt.edu
Sat Oct 27 23:45:02 2001


When you transfer the .gnupg directory to another machine, be sure that the 
permission on the directory is the same as it was on the original machine. GPA 
kept seg faulting on me until I realized that I had no write permission on my 
copied .gnupg directory. Proper permission can do wonders!


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>On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Rub=E9n Barreto wrote:
>>now I'm working fine with the gpg on mi laptop. But I have got a question. 
How can I save the generated information about my keys,
>>so that I can use them on a different computer o later on in case that I 
will deinstall my system to change it (may happen one day!).
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>Copy the ~/.gnupg directory to a floppy disk, then copy it to the computer
>that you want to use.
>
>Tony
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