-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hello Patrick,
> A much more time later I saw, that my elgamal still has got an > expiration date and I can not find anything how I could change it. gpg -edit--key 7A5A6CC7 (press enter) key 1 (press enter -this will select the subkey to edit) expire (press enter -this will tell gpg you want to modify the expiration date) and then, select the new expiration time. 0 means it will never expire, (n)w means it will expire in n weeks... gpg will show you the available options. Once everything is ok, use the 'save' command to save the changes, and all you need to do after that, is to send your public key to your friends (or to upload it again to keyservers) in order to let them know your subkey is not going to expire. > Then I added a new elgamal, the 2048g/610BB46C one. > Is this right so? Can I edit the expire of the elgamal? What would Well, you can always add more subkeys... but *never* delete them, even if they expire or are revoked... if you delete an encrypting subkey, you will be unable to decrypt anything encrypted to that subkey... > happen *now* if the elgamal 2048g/D6395C9A has been expired? If that elgamal subkey expires, people (including you) will be unable to use it to encrypt messages. But since you already have another elgamal subkey with encryption capability, *I think* you would not notice anything strange (unless your friends don't have the updated public key containing the new subkey... if they don't have it, they won't be able to send you encrypted things). Anyway, old messages encrypted to the expired subkey can still be decrypted, as long as you don't delete the expired subkey. > Please CC my while I am not subscribed and thanks. :-) Done... but maybe you would like to subscribe... I think the list always carries interesting stuff. Now, I will paste an example about how to edit the expiration date of your subkey. Unfortunately, the language is Spanish, but I think that won't be a big problem, since it's very few text... My comments go behind '//' signs: //this is a comment, not a command Orden> gpg -edit--key 88EB95D7 //Orden = Command pub 1024D/0x88EB95D7 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: SCA confianza: absoluta validez: absoluta sub 2048g/0xDEF0DD90 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: E sub 2048g/0x53AD1366 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: 2009-01-14 uso: E [ absoluta ] (1). Tester3 (for test purposes) <t...@aaaaa.aaa> //since the subkey I need to edit is the second one displayed, //I need to select the subkey number 2. I think you will need to select //your subkey number 1 Orden> key 2 //this will select it pub 1024D/0x88EB95D7 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: SCA confianza: absoluta validez: absoluta sub 2048g/0xDEF0DD90 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: E sub* 2048g/0x53AD1366 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: 2009-01-14 uso: E [ absoluta ] (1). Tester3 (for test purposes) <t...@aaaaa.aaa> //please note the '*' sign near the selected subkey. If you select the //wrong one, repeat the command to deselect it, and then select the //right one Orden> expire Cambiando fecha de caducidad de subclave. Por favor, especifique el período de validez de la clave. 0 = la clave nunca caduca <n> = la clave caduca en n días <n>w = la clave caduca en n semanas <n>m = la clave caduca en n meses <n>y = la clave caduca en n años ¿Validez de la clave (0)? 0 //here I had to enter how much time I want to give it before //it expires. I entered 0 to set it to never expire La clave nunca caduca ¿Es correcto? (s/n) s //gpg ask me if it is right to never expire it. I told it it was right Necesita una frase contraseña para desbloquear la clave secreta del usuario: "Tester3 (for test purposes) <t...@aaaaa.aaa>" clave $s de $u bits, ID $s, creada el $s pub 1024D/0x88EB95D7 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: SCA confianza: absoluta validez: absoluta sub 2048g/0xDEF0DD90 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: E sub* 2048g/0x53AD1366 creado: 2009-01-07 caduca: nunca uso: E [ absoluta ] (1). Tester3 (for test purposes) <t...@aaaaa.aaa> //gpg request the passphrasse in order to be able to make the changes Orden> save //I gave the 'save' command to save the changes, and that's all Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJJZAmEAAoJEMV4f6PvczxARVAH+gJZ/YK7Az2z82SRst2e241W xwgX7MCUe8I/DxIT81E8MC+C01Uqd9ZhVtH27AIcuxAhNEruGpLfirkP4VKYDf2c voYyMx3qwVGkAucMbc+NIZeZAKogsF3nCjmz2sUeRQldL6c12eUti3M9wkm8KMLC 4Atl7nA4tF866dHkFjWsj6VZeAV2P4S+pENfUYi3HohILuHb28P+f2uXXA/edVYX M//Hd/S5zstIPKLvjLbN2C0f5VWFqTf9KBpitmbOpZbGO8VV8oV9yBbVVhTsxcl7 5aRSkfTuLqzB37hygZxZABXIlkhvJ7vd4xQlbTAWdqQj+0iEsnuUBWOVqpP572w= =yaNK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users