How to share one pgp-key on multiple machines?
In a terminal, run the following:
gpg --export-secret-key -a > secretkey.asc
And on the other system, import the secret key with:
gpg --import secretkey.asc
Alternatively, if you've got ssh access to the other system you should be able to combine these two actions into a single command:
gpg --export-secret-key -a | ssh othermachine gpg --import -
Once the keyfiles have served their purpose, securely delete them:
shred secretkey.asc && rm secretkey.asc
or
shred --remove secretkey.asc
Make sure to shred and remove the key instead of using normal deletion. Additionally, instead of moving the keyfile with mv
, copy it, then shred and remove the original. These methods will prevent an attacker from recovering the key through low-level bit inspection.