Syncing GnuPG data between computers

Shawn K. Quinn skquinn at rushpost.com
Wed Jan 1 04:33:37 CET 2020


On 12/31/19 16:46, Steve McKown via Gnupg-users wrote:
> I use different computers at different times, either my office computer
> or one on-site provided by a customer.
> 
> I want to be able to propagate changes I make to GnuPG on one computer
> to other computer I use, without resorting to duplicating the changes
> manually.
> 
> I currently only manage one GnuPG identity, and its private key material
> is stored on a smart card (Yubikey).  So I think I'm only caring about
> other's keys, trust relationships, and the like.

Move your .gnupg to a thumb drive, symlink .gnupg to its mount point,
and move the thumb drive back and forth? You might have to fiddle with
permissions/ownership if your numeric uid is different on both of them,
or maybe use something like VFAT that doesn't track
ownership/permissions for better or worse.

This is what I did for my music and my music player's database, I have
not tried it with any other software including GnuPG.

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