[wellylug] GPG Question

[Jethro Carr]

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 22:49 +1300, David Murray wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Jethro Carr wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> >
> > I have a question/issue with GPG.
> >
> > I will be changing my primary email address in the near future, and the
> > current email address will be deleted.
> >
> > However, I have various signatures against my current UID. To change my
> > email address, it appears that I have to delete this UID and create a
> > new one.
> >
> > Will I lose all the signatures that people have made against this UID?
> > And is there anyway around this?
> 
> I thought that you yourself make your own GPG signature that you then give 
> out to other people so that they know your email is from you. A GPG 
> signature is made against a name:
> 
> (ie **thepersonsnamethatgoeshere** <email.address at domainname.somewhere>)
> 
> and its corresponding email address:
> 
> (ie thepersonsname <**this.email at address.that.goes.here**>)
> 
> with an optional comment, not against a user name or user ID.
> 
> 
> All you'd need to do is to create a new key pair using kGPG, the only 
> information you'll need is a name, an email address, and an optional 
> comment. Then select key size and method of encryption.
> 
> Once you've created the keys then export the public key into a plain text 
> file.
> 
> Email everybody a copy of that plain text file for them to import into 
> their keyring.
> 
> You can create keys for any combination of name, email address and 
> comment.
> 
> Once you know your new email address you'll then be in a position to make 
> your new keys.
> 
> No change of User ID required, but you will, of course, need to update 
> your email settings to use the new email address.
> 
> You can have a GPG signature for any name and email address, quite 
> separate from your login ID
> 


okay, I think you have gone barking up the wrong tree. ;-)

with a GPG key, you have a key. But inside this key you have user id's
for each email address. You can have more than 1 uid in your key.

You have given me instructions for creating more keys, and then you have
related it to my login id.

I wish to know if there is a way I can create a new uid, and have all my
signatures transfered/copied to this new ID, so I don't have to try and
get people to resign my key.

thanks,


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com
www.jethrocarr.jedolinux.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php

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