>Robert J. Hansen wrote: >>> Matthew West wrote: >>>> Hi, I have all of my gnupg information set up on this current machine. >>>> How would I transfer my information to another computer. Is it fine to >>>> use the same information on both computers? >> >>> Copy ~/.gnupg/* to your other computer; specifically, trustdb.gpg, >>> secring.gpg, pubring.gpg, gpg.conf. >> >> Please don't follow this advice. >> >> Copying your entire .gnupg/ directory will also copy random_seed. You >> don't want random_seed to be shared between two computers. That could >> potentially result in a session key not being a one-time thing. If two >> computers share a random seed file, the chances of their random >> sequences being not-at-all-random increases. >> >> By all means, copy *.gpg and gpg.conf. Leave random_seed alone. You'll >> be happier that way. >> > >*thunk* > >Yeah, I should have thought of that... that's what comes of posting just >before lunch.
Hmm, that is better than after lunch since I am digesting it. The best time is 11:48 PM (now) when my mind is racing along. Depending on if you have bzip2 in your tar command: Option 1 (you have bzip2 integrated in tar command): ---------------------------------------------------- $ cd $ tar -cjvf gnupg.tbz --exclude random_seed ./.gnupg # copy gnupg.tbz to you new home folder on the new machine and type: $cd $ tar -xjvf gnupg.tbz Option 2 (you have gzip, but it is NOT integrated into tar): ------------------------------------------------------------ $ cd $ tar -cvf gnupg.tar --exclude random_seed ./.gnupg $ gzip -9 gnupg.tar # copy gnupg.tar.gz file to your home folder ... $ gzip -dc gnupg.tar.gz | tar -xvf - Option 3 (no compression - OUCH!): ---------------------------------- $ cd $ tar -cvf gnupg.tar -exclude random_seed ./.gnupg # copy gnupg.tar file to your home folder ... tar -xvf gnupg.tar Of course, you COULD use zip but on 'nix machines I think you are going to find gzip or bzip2 long before you have zip and unzip on your machine. It will create your random_seed file the first time you run it. Just make sure your umask is 077. Your key is your key is your key. It belongs to YOU, not a machine. I have mine in five places but I do NOT just leave the secring.gpg file around. When working on a shared machine I copy it into place when I need to use it and delete when I log off (still carrying my copy of secring.gpg with me on removable storage). HHH __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
