David A. Harding on 11 May 2006 23:43:22 -0000


[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: [PLUG] NJ Statewide GPG Keysigning Party 14 June 2006


On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:19:40PM -0400, Aaron Mulder wrote:
> I guess this gives me the perfect opportunity to ask...
> 
> I had a GPG key that I set to expire in 1 year.  It's expired.

I've never had a key expire on me, but perhaps I can provide some useful
input.

> What's the recommended way to extend it?  

gpg --edit-key ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu

Then type, `expire' and follow the prompts.

> It worked locally, but when I sync'd with pgp.mit.edu and then
> updated from another machine, the changes didn't propogate 

I suggest you try again.  If the changes on the keyserver don't work,
export the pubkey manually,

        gpg -a --export ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu > aaron.key.gpg

Email or scp it to the other machine and import it,

        gpg --import aaron.key.gpg

Tell us what works and what don't, and we'll help you get to the bottom
of the problem.

> I'd rather not just generate a whole new key from scratch.

--edit-key is your friend.

> Also, I'd like to add a separate "identity" or whatever with my work
> e-mail (rather than having completely separate keys for home and work
> as before).  Any ideas on that one?  I'd also need it to sync up to
> the keyserver.

I suggest you read the GPG Subkeys mini-HOWTO:

        http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/subkeys

-Dave
-- 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|    David A. Harding    |  That's like curing a headache with decapitation.  |
|  http://gnuisance.net  |       They must have read a management manual      |
|                        |     written by Josef Stalin.  -- Seen on LWN.net   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group         --        http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug