From e2baa9448bfa08b226c592f2d85988508565261c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 12:48:05 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] GPG guide: digitalize page 3. --- articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) diff --git a/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md b/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md index ec15f92..b388056 100644 --- a/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md +++ b/articles/guides/GPG/GPG.html.md @@ -71,3 +71,41 @@ and * appears to that UID to tell you that that UID is selected. Now give comman to make it the primary UID again. Now you can exit from GPG with + +> quit + +and confirm to save changes with + +> y + +#### Step 1: Importing old key + +You can import your old private key same way as you import public keys. This means: + +> gpg2 --import key.asc + +Where key.asc is the file, which contains the (private) key(s) + +### Step 2: backing up the key + +You need to know your keyid. I told you how to get it in "Adding new uids". To back up your private key, run + +> gpg2 --export-secret-keys -a KEYID + +and save the output of that command to file. If you are on Linux or Mac OS X, you can forward the output directly to file, with + +> gpg2 --export-secret-keys -a KEYID > privatekey.asc + +The previous command creates a file called "privatekey.asc", which contains the output of the first command. + +### Step 3: Configuring gpg(2) + +WRITE THIS LATER WITH COMPUTER! + +### Step 4: Sharing your public key + +There are two ways to share your key. I personally use and recommend them both. + +### Without keyservers + +If you have homepage, it's recommended that you put your key there. My key can be found