GPG Keys on both Home and Work Computer

[Scott J. Henson]

Carthik Sharma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wish to learn how I can use the same GPG key pair (my key) on both
> my home and work computers.
> For those of you who use more than one computer, how do you manage your 
> keys?
> I want to be able to use my keys for signing/encryption on both my
> home and my work desktops.
> How do I copy my key-pair from my home computer to my work computer?
> Moving the .gnupg folder is not an option really since my work
> computer has a keyring with some keys of others on it - just that it
> does not have my private key.
> 
> Searching the internet for info regarding how people use the same key
> pair in different OSes/computers yielded nothing. All the guides seem
> to assume that folks have only one computer :)


I would put your .gnupg on a usb key drive and either 
symlink into place or use the $GPGHOME environment variable 
to point gpg at your USB key.

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Scott Henson
LCSEE Systems Staff
WVU MAE Undergraduate
Ubuntu User