How to migrate pass to other operating system?

[Csányi Pál]

Hi all!

Thanks for the help!

I did it.

Copied ~/.password-store to the new operating system, then did steps 
described here:

https://www.howtogeek.com/816878/how-to-back-up-and-restore-gpg-keys-on-linux/

2023. 06. 28. 17:22 keltezéssel, Robert Ames írta:
> Run the following commands on your original system:
>
> # review the man pages, see the environment variables that might impact your usage
> $ man --pager=cat pass | grep PASSWORD_STORE
>   
> # check your local environment for details of anything you might have changed
> $ env | grep PASSWORD_STORE
>
> # get a rough idea of the most important files related to your password store
> # (assuming default directories, etc)
> $ du -sh .password-store/ .gnupg/
>
> PasswordStore is "just" files in a directory that are encrypted by gpg:
>
> $ gpg --decrypt ~/.password-store/rames/example.com.gpg
>>>> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, created 20XX-XX-XX
>>>>       "Robert Ames (20XX-ubuntu-XXXXX) <ramses0 at yahoo.com>"
> ExamplePassword
> username: example at example.com
>
> ...you should just be able to bundle up the directory and transfer it to your new system:
>
> $ tar -czvf password-bundle.tgz ~/.password-store
> $ tar -czvf gpg-bundle.tgz ~/.gnupg
>
> Transfer, untar (must use `tar` / `*.tgz` in order to preserve permissions!  sometimes gpg/ssh are picky about that):
>   
> $ tar -xvf password-bundle.tgz gpg-bundle.tgz
>
> ...usually "dotfiles" (files that begin with a '.' period) are hidden from directory listings by default.
>
> Verify they were transferred correctly via "ls -a" or "find":
>
> $ ls -la ~/.password-store ~/.gnupg
> $ find ~/.password-store -type f ; find ~/.gnupg -type f
>
> Verify you can still use gpg directly to manipulate them (you may need `apt install password-store gpg` or `apt list | grep ^gpg` or similar)
>
> $ gpg --decrypt ~/.password-store/rames/example.com.gpg
>>>> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, created 20XX-XX-XX
>>>>       "Robert Ames (20XX-ubuntu-XXXXX) <ramses0 at yahoo.com>"
> ExamplePassword
> username: example at example.com
>
> ...any problems here, you'll need to make sure you figure your gpg-keys out (~/.gnupg).
>
> Then you should be able to run `pass ls | grep ...`, `pass show ...` and verify it's working well for you.
>
> Also remember to keep track of your `~/.ssh` keys, or be prepared to re-create and re-distribute new ones.
>
> Best of luck!
>
>   --Robert
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 05:35:30 PM CDT, Csanyi Pal <csanyipal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have installed password-store on my Xubuntu operating system.
>
> I must to migrate to the other operating system, namely Ubuntu on an
> other machine.
>
> How can I do that?
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