Backing up and exporting a GNUPG key

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 13.11.2004 schrieb Rodolfo J. Paiz um 0:12:

> But do I really need the *whole* directory backed up? Can't I just back
> up the one or two files that represent my private and public keys, like
> I do with DSA certs for OpenSSH?

secring.gpg is needed in any case. From pubring.gpg you should save the
important keys like the pubkey from your own keys or those you got by
communication partners you won't get again easily. trustdb.gpg should be
worth to keep too. Having modifications to the gnupg.conf makes is worth
keeping too. Having revoke certs you should save them too. Don't know
why you want to not backup all - all files are small and there shouldn't
be anything in the directory which you could call "garbage".

Alexander


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