How restore backuped /.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d
Werner Koch
wk at gnupg.org
Fri Dec 9 21:06:40 CET 2016
On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 16:03, ondrejstrestik at gmail.com said:
> i have reall big problem because i accydently deleted /.gnupg, but still i have backuped /.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d so i have 4 “hashfile" name files with suffix .key
That good. Run gpg once to create a new .gnupg directory (or create it
manually). Then copy the four files to the new private-keys-v1.d
directory and you have restored the secret key material. Now you need
to get a copy of your two (I guess) public keys. They should be on the
keyservers or you have send them to other places, get a copy and gpg
--import them. Better restart the gpg-agent (gpgconf --kill gpg-agent).
That's it.
If you can't find the public keys, there is no real damage because the
nobody sent you encrypted data or nobody else cared to verify your data.
> - i thought i will copy private-keys-v1.d back to the ./gnupg and everything will be ok (like ssh)
Partly. All the secrets are restored as I explained above.
> Now i am i situation where i can not import “raw” keys and everytime
> when i try to import private key i will get message like: No valid
What do you mean by raw key? You are looking for files created with
gpg --export
or
gpg --export --armor
or with any other OpenPGP tool. You can implement such files with
gpg --import
Take care that they are not encrypted (some people do this) and that
they are not gzipped etc. Using the extra option -v is always a good
idea in such cases.
Shalom-Salam,
Werner
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