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| Newer page: | version 59 | Last edited on Saturday, February 5, 2005 2:28:48 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
| Older page: | version 58 | Last edited on Friday, February 4, 2005 1:46:19 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
@@ -175,13 +175,22 @@
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!!!General Notes
-How do you
''use'' a revocation cert once you've generated one:
+!
How do I delete/cancel a key?
+
+ gpg --gen-revoke <key-id>
+
+Copy the text from this output somewhere very safe, because anyone can use this to revoke your PGP key.
+
+!How do I
''use'' a revocation cert once you've generated one?
+
gpg --import revoke.asc
gpg --send-key <key-id>
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-How do you change your primary uid? in
1..7+ there is a "primary" command when you use --edit-key which makes the __currently selected__ uid your primary uid. So to change your uid you do:
+
+!
How do you change your primary uid?
+
+In
1..7+ there is a "primary" command when you use --edit-key which makes the __currently selected__ uid your primary uid. So to change your uid you do:
gpg --edit-key ''your@email.address''
> list
''the uid number you want eg:''
> 1
@@ -194,12 +203,12 @@
You say
> 2
> deluid
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-
+!!
Periodic Maintenance
gpg --rebuild-keydb-caches
+
increases the speed of many operations for existing keyrings
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!!!How to verify files with gpg/pgp
