How to export/import my private key

2008-01-29 Thread Steven Woody
Hi, I searched through the manual but have not found commands which used to export/import private key. The manual mentioned --export/--import commands but they are likely used to export/import public keys. Am i right? Thanks. -- woody then sun rose thinly from the sea and the old man could se

keypair to/from armor format

2008-01-28 Thread Steven Woody
Hi, list I don't trust any electrical medium ( USB disk, DVD-R and so on ) as backup copy of my keypairs. I think I want hardcopy of my keys. In the user manual, however, I learned how to export/import public keys ( in armor mode ). but I don't see how to do the same on the private key. Is it pos

Need tips on how to backup my keys

2008-01-24 Thread Steven Woody
hi, When one day my hardisk go bad and I can not access my keys, theose files I encrypted for myself would never be opened for me. I don't want that, then I believe I need to make a copy of my keys ( the whole of ~/.gnugp directory, right? ). But where should I keep the copy? It gets chance expo