Retrieving a gpg KMey

[Roy Smith]

Mark C. Miller wrote:
> Earlier today, I created a gpg key, submitted it to keyserver.ubuntu.com 
> and then tried to authenticate through launchpad to sign the ubuntu 
> user's agreement.  I did eveerything correctly, I got the ascii armored 
> message, decoded it using firegpg, and followed the link back to 
> launchpad.
> 
> For whatever reason, my machine at work wouldn't connect, so I couldn't 
> complete the action.
> 
> I figured I would just come home, do a quick lookup of help, and find 
> something that would tell me how I can retrieve the key from the 
> keyserver.
> 
> No such luck.
> 
> Do I have to generate a different key for each machine I use (there's 
> eight of them)?  That doesn't seem right.
> 
> Using Ubuntu 9.04 (one is 9.04 UNR).
> 
> thanks for your help in getting me sorted out.

No you don't have to create a gpg key for each machine.  Go to the pc
where you created the key, and in the home folder you'll have a hidden
.gnupg folder.  Copy the contents of that folder to a thumb drive, then
copy that to the .gnupg folder of yout other pc's.

-- 

Roy Smith
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Registered Linux User #488144
Registered Ubuntu User #26841



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