GPG Keys on both Home and Work Computer

[ben darby]

* Scott J. Henson (scotth at csee.wvu.edu) wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.

since all he needs is his secret key best option is to just export the
pair then he can import it at work and update via keysever to keep his
signatures upto date.

gpg --export-secret-keys -a YOURKEYID > mykey.asc && gpg --export -a
YOURKEYID >> mykey.asc


-- 
ben darby <ben at cvrse.com>