[Novalug] Ubuntu (Gutsy) and my .gnupg directory

Kevin Cole dc.loco at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 17:32:03 EST 2007


On Nov 14, 2007 9:36 PM, Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com> wrote:

> My .gnupg directory is owned by root. Probably from becoming root and
> doing various package verification etc during install/updates. Can I
> safely make this owned by me and move in my just found old copy of
> .gnupg files? I think I found my gpg key I made/had signed in VA at a
> keysigning we did a while ago. Assuming it didn't expire that is.


I've never had problems copying my .gnupg  directory about.  What I would
suggest, though is to export the keys from either your new or your old one,
switch, and then import.  That way you potentially get the best of both
worlds.

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