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NAME¶
sq key subkey password - Change the password protecting secret key material
SYNOPSIS¶
sq key subkey password [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION¶
Change the password protecting secret key material.
Secret key material can be protected by a password. This subcommand changes or clears the password of one or more keys.
To strip the password either use `--clear` or supply a zero-length password when prompted for the new password.
If a key is password protected, and the correct password was not supplied using the `--password-file` argument, the user is prompted for the password. Likewise, if the new password isn't provided, the user is prompted.
OPTIONS¶
Subcommand options¶
- --cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
- Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID
- --cert-email=EMAIL
- Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key where a user ID includes the specified email address
- --cert-file=PATH
- Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key read from PATH
- --cert-userid=USERID
- Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the specified user ID
- --clear-password
- Clear the password protecting the secret key material
- --key=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
- Change the password protecting the specified key's secret key material
- --new-password-file=PASSWORD_FILE
- File containing password to encrypt the secret key material
- Note that the entire key file will be used as the password including any surrounding whitespace like a trailing newline.
- --output=FILE
- Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
Global options¶
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.
EXAMPLES¶
Change the password for Alice's signing key to the password in the specified file.
sq key subkey password --new-password-file=password-file.txt \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8
Clear the password protection for Alice's signing key.
sq key subkey password --password-file=password-file.txt \
--clear-password \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8
SEE ALSO¶
sq(1), sq-key(1), sq-key-subkey(1).
For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.
VERSION¶
1.0.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.22.0)
| 1.0.0 | Sequoia PGP |