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Exporting and importing GPG keys over SSH
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pull-private.sh
ssh user@remote gpg --export-secret-key KeyId | gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import
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pull-public.sh
# Based on key ID.
ssh user@remote gpg --export KeyId | gpg --import
# Based on key owner name.
ssh user@remote gpg --export -a KeyOwnerName | gpg --import
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push-private.sh
gpg --export-secret-key KeyId | ssh user@remote gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import
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push-public.sh
gpg --export KeyId | ssh user@remote gpg --import
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mariano-daniel commented Jun 5, 2026

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Running a more verbose output:

% gpg --export-secret-key 579C2BBCCCCCCCCCCC1E412E63EEFEE963335F9 | ssh mariano@192.168.0.23 gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import --batch -vvv
gpg: [stdout]: write error: Broken pipe
gpg: build_packet(6) failed: Broken pipe
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
mariano@Marianos-MacBook-Pro ~ % gpg -vvv --export-secret-key 579C2BBCCCCCCCCCCC1E412E63EEFEE963335F9 | ssh mariano@192.168.0.23 gpg -vvv --allow-secret-key-import --import --batch     
gpg: using character set 'utf-8'
gpg: enabled compatibility flags:
gpg: writing to stdout
gpg: key EB37B83B18B8FFFFFFFFFEA36F40E14F47C: asking agent for the secret parts
gpg: pinentry launched (12819 curses 1.3.2 /dev/ttys000 xterm-256color /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.yEdAjAw04N/org.xquartz:0 20620/501/4 501/20 0)
gpg: [stdout]: write error: Broken pipe
gpg: build_packet(6) failed: Broken pipe
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
mariano@Marianos-MacBook-Pro ~ %

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