system migration
Robert J. Hansen
rjh at sixdemonbag.org
Thu May 31 21:28:08 CEST 2012
On 5/31/12 3:19 PM, John A. Wallace wrote:
> Hello. I am moving my system onto another machine, and it will require
> my reinstalling everything, not simply restoring. Are there any
> instructions related to which files need to be moved, and other
> considerations, in order to transfer the capabilities of my gnupg
> application. I am moving it from Windows XP to 64-bit Win 7.
Other people will chime in with precise folder paths. I no longer have
access to any Windows XP machines, so I can't -- but a little
exploration should reveal them.
Somewhere on your system you'll have a file called "secring.gpg". In
that directory you'll have some (or all) of --
* pubring.gpg
* secring.gpg
* trustdb.gpg
* gpa.conf
* gpg-agent.conf
* gpg.conf
* scdaemon.conf
* random_seed
Copy over all these files except random_seed. Don't re-use random_seed:
sharing the same random_seed between two different machines can
potentially be unwise.
On the new machine, just install GnuPG from http://www.gpg4win.org. On
the new machine, find where GnuPG has placed its gpg.conf file. Drop
all the files from the old machine (except random_seed) into that
folder, overwriting if necessary.
With that, your migration should be complete.
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