Hi Chris, depending on the Version (idependent of the OS) of GnuPG you need to do some conversions: From gpg 1.0.7 on keyrings from 1.0.6 and lower need a: gpg --update-trustdb gpg --edit-key <own key> and setting it to maximum trust-level. gpg --rebuild-keydb-caches will use the performance boost from the new db-format. But if you are using the same versions >=1.0.7 with window$ and linux you may also copy the keyring-files from window$ to linux. In general you can import keys with "gpg --import <file>" where in the file there is the ASCII-armored key. Assuming you are native German speaking you could/ should read: http://www.gnupg.org/gph/de/manual/index.html Especially http://www.gnupg.org/gph/de/manual/x193.html#AEN219 If you prefer some other language or other format of this book: The GNU Privacy Handbook: http://www.gnupg.org/(de)/documentation/guides.html On Donnerstag, 19. Juni 2003 10:44, Christof Schmitt wrote:

first i tried Windows Version of GnuPG (WinPT) and transfered the public key to the keyserver and it worked. Then i installed gpa and gpg to my SuSE Linux 8.0. After that I wanted to import the secret key from the cd, where i secured the keys (windows-Version), to the Linux-System, but it does not work. The only thing, i can do, is to create a new key (the same name and passphrase and key-length, but another day) with a public and a secret part, but i fear, that the Linux-Version and the Windows-Version of the keys are different now. What did i wrong? Or am i wrong? Is there a possibility to transfer the keys from Windows to Linux?

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