Help needed

[david at gbenet.com]

On 13/11/14 22:42, Hauke Laging wrote:
> Am Do 13.11.2014, 22:33:31 schrieb david at gbenet.com:
> 
>> I exported my keys to a USB stick. Then I copied my .gnupg to a new
>> Linux laptop. Then I imported my keys. I thought that I would be
>> fine.
> 
> It is unclear to me what exactly you are talking about.
> 
> The terms "export" and "import" usually refer to the commands
> gpg --export[...]
> gpg --import
> 
> But it also sounds like you have copied the whole directory ~/.gnupg/
> 
> 
> If you have copied the directory then maybe the file permissions have 
> not been preserved. Check whether secring.gpg has 600. And delete the 
> file random_seed.
> 
> If you have exported and imported instead then you are missing the trust 
> database. You should either copy trustdb.gpg or export and import this 
> data, too:
> 
> gpg --export-ownertrust
> gpg --import-ownertrust
> 
> 
> Hauke
> 
Hauke

I have my trustdb.gpg

And I still get the same error message. Perhaps the correct question to ask is:

"How do I transfer ALL files in my .gnupg onto another Linux laptop so that ALL functions
work as before - i.e it works the same on both machines.

I hope that is within the bounds of your understanding.

David


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