I did a clean install of Arch Linux and imported my backed up gpg private key. As a sanity check I ran:
gpg —list-keys
Everything showed up as normal except for the uid
which now reads:
uid [ unknown ] User < user@useremail.com >
When I first created this key before the clean install it read:
uid [ ultimate ] User < user@useremail.com >
Why would it change from [ ultimate ]
to [ unknown ]
after importing it onto a clean install?
Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
GNUPG has a trust database stored at
~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg
You can backup this trust database using the
--export-ownertrust
option:If you exported your secret keys and import them later into a new environment, the trust database is no longer present.
However, this is easily remedied:
And don't forget to save the changes: