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How do I access/use a GPG keychain stored on a USB stick

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A.Stro

25 Jun, 2015 02:16 PM

GPG Keychain

I prefer it to access my keyring while it is located on my USB stick. (Without the need to import the keyring to my Mac.)
My question is: How do I tell GPG where to look for the keyRing and use the key's from there.

1. 1 Posted by Mento on 15 Jul, 2015 11:32 AM

   

   Hi,

   do you want the whole keyring on the USB-Stick or only the secret keys?

   I would suggest to only move the secring to the stick.
   To do this:
   1.) Close GPG Keychain, Mail and every other gpg Application.
   2.) Move the file ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg to the USB-Stick.
   3.) Add the following lines to ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
   

   no-default-keyring
    # Change the path in the line below to match the path to your secring.gpg on your USB-Stick.
   secret-keyring /USBStick/Path/to/the/secring.gpg
   

   With this method, you're able to encrypt anything without your stick. You need the stick only to decrypt and sign.

   Regards, Mento

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2. Steve closed this discussion on 26 Nov, 2015 09:51 PM.

3. Steve re-opened this discussion on 03 Apr, 2017 03:48 PM

4. Support Staff 2 Posted by Steve on 03 Apr, 2017 03:48 PM

   

   @astro: have you tried following the steps giving in comment #1?

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5. Steve closed this discussion on 07 Aug, 2017 03:58 PM.