Timeline for GnuPG directory found in both ~/.gnupg and /root/.gnupg
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| Apr 22, 2020 at 22:16 | comment | added | eli | Overall it's unclear what's the job of /root/.gnupg. Perhaps to gather some metadata from all users keys ... the concern is if one moves the keys to a Yubikey or make other changes, any traces of the secret keys remains in the root. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 22:11 | comment | added | eli | You are right that a gnupg directory is initiated automatically. However, deleting any of those directories will delete the keys. The pubring files for example are different. Also, it's unclear if you move the secret keys in ~/ to a hardware key, the keys in /root/ will be deleted. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 20:44 | history | answered | rubaiat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |