[wellylug] GPG Question

[Jethro Carr]

On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 11:46 +0000, Colin Templeman wrote:
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> > Jethro Carr wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> David Antliff wrote:
> > I'm no GPG expert, but can't you 'sign' (as you say) - or perhaps
> > 'trust' is a better word - your new key? People who already trust you
> > will also trust your new key by the transitive relationship... ?
> 
> This would depend on whether Jethro actually wants to expire or revoke his
> current gpg key and generate a new one or just change his primary email address
> (it's not entirely clear in his first post).
> 
> Jethro, if you're happy to continue using your current gpg key but wish to
> change your email addresses, then run:
> 
> gpg --edit-key <keyid>
> 
> (where keyid is your 8 digit hex number.  All other commands listed with 'help'
> at the new prompt)
> 
> You can simply add your new email address to the existing key, set it primary
> and then remove the old one if you wish.  All the other relationships remain intact.
> 

yes, I would like to keep the existing key.

but I think that the signatures I have gained, are signed against my
current email address (aka the UID).

I would like to know if when I delete that email address, if the
signatures will remain in the key?

I did a test (aka didn't save the changes) and it appears that if I
delete a UID, the signatures against that UID are deleted.


thanks,


-- 
Jethro Carr

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

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