Syncing Keys between multiple computers?

Sean Rima sean at srima.eu
Tue May 3 00:21:28 CEST 2011


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On 02/05/2011 01:12, David Shaw wrote:
>> Note: this works for now. It is likely to change and break in some form
>> in the future.
> 
> The issue about future versions is that you probably won't be able to import a keyring file directly.  At the moment, a keyring file and the exported keyring format happen to be the same, but this is likely to change.  A method that should work equally well today and in the future is:
> 
>  gpg --export-secret-keys > my-secret-keyring.gpg
>  gpg --export-options export-local-sigs --export > my-public-keyring.gpg
> 
> (copy the files over)
> 
>  gpg --import my-secret-keyring.gpg
>  gpg --import-options import-local-sigs my-public-keyring.gpg
> 
> It's an export plus an import, but you don't need to explicitly state which key(s) you want to play with.  Just bring the whole ring over.
> 

Just throwing this to the mix, but what about services like dropbox and
point gnupg to the shared dropbox folder

Sean
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