Get the private portion of subkeys
Damien Cassou
damien at cassou.me
Sat Mar 30 17:20:58 CET 2024
Thank you both for your answers. I would like to understand why
restoring the backup doesn't restore my subkeys. On a fresh ~/.gnupg, I
did:
$ gpg --list-packets /media/mystick/key
gpg: keybox '/home/cassou/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
# off=0 ctb=94 tag=5 hlen=2 plen=134
:secret key packet:
…
# off=136 ctb=b4 tag=13 hlen=2 plen=32
:user ID packet: "Damien Cassou <damien at cassou.me>"
…
# off=974 ctb=9c tag=7 hlen=2 plen=134
:secret sub key packet:
version 4, algo 22, created 1531155780, expires 0
pkey[0]: [80 bits] ed25519 (1.3.6.1.4.1.11591.15.1)
pkey[1]: [263 bits]
…
keyid: F36CF32DF9B09855
…
The last key printed here is the one I would like to import
back. Unfortunately, importing this file doesn't import subkeys:
$ gpg --import-options restore --import /media/mystick/key
gpg: key F72C652AE7564ECC: secret key imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
gpg: secret keys read: 1
gpg: secret keys imported: 1
$ gpg -K
gpg: /home/cassou/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
/home/cassou/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
-------------------------------
sec ed25519 2018-07-09 [C] [expired: 2023-07-08]
8E64FBE545A394F5D35CD202F72C652AE7564ECC
uid [ expired] Damien Cassou <damien at cassou.me>
Can someone explain why I don't get my subkeys back please?
Thank you
--
Damien Cassou
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
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