gpg2 export secret key without passphrase

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On Wednesday 27 December 2017 at 5:13:53 PM, in
<mid:CAJiu13y+covbogskUGg6miH0GvMRMBUFrhCe3m_SNT2CKR=QWQ at mail.gmail.com>,
Caleb Case wrote:-



> How does one export a gpg2 private key without a
> passphrase?

Here, using GnuPG 2.2.4 under Windows, I was able to:-

1. gpg --edit-key KeyID passwd.

2. enter the key's existing password in the pinentry pop-up

3. press ENTER when asked for the new passphrase

4. press the button to confirm I don't want protection

5. repeat 3. and 4.

6. quit the key editing dialogue

7. gpgconf --kill gpg-agent and then try another key editing operation
on the same key to verify that I was no longer asked for a passphrase

8. gpg -a -o path\to\file --export-secret-key KeyID




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