Transfer subkey to other keyring

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Jun 27 09:49:57 CEST 2013


On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:00, di44vq at nottheoilrig.com said:

> Thanks Werner, I want to keep my primary key on a separate keyring
> (does this require putting subkeys under a different primary key?)

No.  We use a stub key instead.  The command is

  gpg --export-secret-subkeys KEYID >newkey.gpg

Run that command on a secure box.  On your everyday box make sure that
the secret KEYID does not exist and then import newkey.gpg.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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