Wouter wrote: >Op di, 08-03-2005 te 14:58 +0000, schreef Ben Hill: >> >> So, when I stick the dongle into the USB slot, the drive is >> automatically mounted, and the symlinks point to my real key >> directories. >> >> When the key is out of the machine, my keys are safe offline. > >This is also approximately how I manage this (or did, my key broke >yesterday and I haven't got a new one yet). > >The only difference is that, rather than symlinking ~/.gnupg, I symlink >~/.gnupg/secring.gpg; that way, I can mount the USB key read-only, which >allows me to safely remove it while still mounted; my trustdb and public >keyring are synchronized in other ways.
Yep, exactly how I do it too. It works well - after all, you rarely (if ever) need to update the contents then. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Dasmohapatra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]