-# install host gnupg home directories
-install --mode 700 -d /var/lib/monkeysphere/gnupg-host
-# install authentication gnupg home directories
-install --mode 700 --owner monkeysphere -d /var/lib/monkeysphere/gnupg-authentication
+# install host gnupg home directory
+install --owner root --group monkeysphere --mode 750 -d "$VARLIB"/gnupg-host
+# install host gpg.conf
+cat <<EOF > "$VARLIB"/gnupg-host/gpg.conf
+list-options show-uid-validity
+EOF
+
+# install authentication gnupg home directory
+install --owner monkeysphere --group monkeysphere --mode 700 -d "$VARLIB"/gnupg-authentication
+# install authentication gpg.conf
+cat <<EOF > "$VARLIB"/gnupg-authentication/gpg.conf
+list-options show-uid-validity
+primary-keyring $VARLIB/gnupg-authentication/pubring.gpg
+keyring $VARLIB/gnupg-host/pubring.gpg
+EOF
+chown monkeysphere:monkeysphere "$VARLIB"/gnupg-authentication/gpg.conf