Help needed
david at gbenet.com
david at gbenet.com
Fri Nov 14 01:12:24 CET 2014
On 13/11/14 22:42, Hauke Laging wrote:
> Am Do 13.11.2014, 22:33:31 schrieb david at gbenet.com:
>
>> I exported my keys to a USB stick. Then I copied my .gnupg to a new
>> Linux laptop. Then I imported my keys. I thought that I would be
>> fine.
>
> It is unclear to me what exactly you are talking about.
>
> The terms "export" and "import" usually refer to the commands
> gpg --export[...]
> gpg --import
>
> But it also sounds like you have copied the whole directory ~/.gnupg/
>
>
> If you have copied the directory then maybe the file permissions have
> not been preserved. Check whether secring.gpg has 600. And delete the
> file random_seed.
>
> If you have exported and imported instead then you are missing the trust
> database. You should either copy trustdb.gpg or export and import this
> data, too:
>
> gpg --export-ownertrust
> gpg --import-ownertrust
>
>
> Hauke
>
Hauke
I have my trustdb.gpg
And I still get the same error message. Perhaps the correct question to ask is:
"How do I transfer ALL files in my .gnupg onto another Linux laptop so that ALL functions
work as before - i.e it works the same on both machines.
I hope that is within the bounds of your understanding.
David
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