Am Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 12:05:33PM -0500 schrieb Jessica Pearce: > My computer crashed with my pgp key on it. I only have the fingerprint ID > but I don’t know how to import it into the program on my new computer using > only the fingerprint. I am a noob and don’t understand much about pgp keys > or the program itself. Hi, in the Kleopatra toolbar, there’s a button “Import from server”. In there, you can enter an e-mail address that is associated with your key. You can even enter a partial address (I just tried with just the domain part of my key’s address). However, PGP keys come in pairs: a private and a public one. Typically, internet servers only carry the public one, because that’s the one that gets distributed to other participants. The private key – as its name suggests – should only ever be in your personal possession, not in anyone else’s. So unless you have a backup, you may be out of luck. About your crash: depending on some details, there are several courses of action you can take to recover your key. What crashed in your old computer? Does it just not turn on? Are you on a different computer now? Does the old harddrive still work? Is the old/the new computer a PC or laptop (usually, the two types use different physical sizes of harddrives) If the old drive still works, then the simplest solution is to copy over your ~/.gnupg directory. If the drive still works but the computer itself does not, you can connect the drive to the new computer. In a PC, it can be mounted into the case and connected to the mainboard. For a laptop, there are adapters which allow you to hook up a bare harddrive to a USB port, just like a removable drive (those also work for PCs, of course). Good luck. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ “Can I buy you a drink or would you prefer the money?”
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