Hi Damian and Dashamir Those are all great solutions, tnx :)
On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Damien Goutte-Gattat < [email protected]> wrote: > On 03/19/2016 01:24 PM, Me Self wrote: > >> I can use the master key with: >> gpg --homedir /media/myusb/gnupg ... >> >> Now I want to --sign-keys a key that is imported in the keyring on the >> harddrive. >> > > You can use the --keyring option to add your normal public keyring > (containing the key you want to sign): > > $ gpg --homedir /media/myusb/gnupg --keyring ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ... > > > Is there an easier way to use the master key? >> > > If you’re using GnuPG 2.1, an easy and (IMHO) elegant way is to create a > symlink pointing to your master key on the USB stick: > > $ ln -s /media/myusb/gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/XXXXXXX.key > ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/XXXXXX.key > > (where XXXXXX is the *keygrip* of your master key, which you can learn > with the --with-keygrip option when listing keys). > > You can then call gpg as usual, without needing to change its home > directory. When you are done, just remove the symlink and unmount your USB > stick. > >
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