diff --git a/UserDoc/SplitGpg.md b/UserDoc/SplitGpg.md index b812e552..6d88dff3 100644 --- a/UserDoc/SplitGpg.md +++ b/UserDoc/SplitGpg.md @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Normally it should be enough to set the `QUBES_GPG_DOMAIN` to the GPG backend do ``` {.wiki} [user@work ~]$ export QUBES_GPG_DOMAIN=work-gpg +[user@work ~]$ gpg -K [user@work ~]$ qubes-gpg-client -K /home/user/.gnupg/secring.gpg ----------------------------- @@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ ssb 4096R/30498E2A 2012-11-15 (...) ``` +Note that running normal `gpg -K` in the demo above shows no private keys stored in this AppVM. + However, when using Thunderbird with Enigmail extension it is not enough, because Thunderbird doesn't preserve the environment variables. Instead it is recommended to create a short script e.g. in the user home directory (name it e.g. `.qubes_gpg.sh` and make it executable): ``` {.wiki}