Root-level age keys

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, security

Research direction

Trace the existing age-key discovery entry point, especially how keys are loaded from the user's home directory. Add support for /etc/sops/age/keys.txt while retaining the existing lookup, then verify that both locations behave as expected in the relevant tests.

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Description

enhancement keyservice/age

In addition to the user's home directory, sops should look for age keys on the root-level: /etc/sops/age/keys.txt.

This is useful if you want your age keys to be owned by root instead of the user.

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