Restoring GnuPG

Heinz Diehl htd at fritha.org
Sun Oct 19 16:12:58 CEST 2014


On 19.10.2014, MFPA wrote: 

> Importing your secret key would also re-install your public key..

> In order to achieve that, don't you have to run something like:-
>    gpgsplit --secret-to-public YourPrivateKeyFile.asc

No, that's not neccessary. 

A "gpg --import your_secret_key.asc" into a freshly installed and
completely clean gpg system would restore your public key as
well.




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