On Thursday 07 May 2009 16:50:06 Joel C. Salomon wrote: > Joel C. Salomon wrote: > > I foolishly signed a key I had not verified well, and the signed version > > is on a keyserver. How can I unsign it? > > > > I have tried the following (changing the key ID to 0xDEADBEEF): > > <snip> > > I tried the command again; not sure why I got a different result: > > C:\Users\chesky>"c:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG\gpg.exe" --edit-key > > 0xDEADBEEF gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software > > Foundation, Inc. This is free software: you are free to change and > > redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > > > > > pub 4096R/DEADBEEF created: 2008-08-27 expires: 2010-08-27 usage: > > SCEA trust: undefined validity: full > > [ full ] (1). Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > > > Command> revsig > > You have signed these user IDs on key DEADBEEF: > > Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > > > > user ID: "Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not>" > > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > > Create a revocation certificate for this signature? (y/N) y > > You are about to revoke these signatures: > > Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > signed by your key 8C6CA66E on 2009-02-10 > > Really create the revocation certificates? (y/N) y > > Please select the reason for the revocation: > > 0 = No reason specified > > 4 = User ID is no longer valid > > Q = Cancel > > Your decision? 0 > > > > Enter an optional description; end it with an empty line: > > > Key was insufficiently verified before signing. > > > > Reason for revocation: No reason specified > > Key was insufficiently verified before signing. > > Is this okay? (y/N) y > > > > You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for > > user: "Joel C. Salomon <joelcsalo...@gmail.com>" > > 1024-bit DSA key, ID 8C6CA66E, created 2009-02-05 > > <entered passphrase> > > > pub 4096R/DEADBEEF created: 2008-08-27 expires: 2010-08-27 usage: > > SCEA trust: undefined validity: full > > [ full ] (1). Mister Magoo <mis...@magoo.not> > > > > Command> > > Okay, now what do I do? > You type "save" to save your changes and upload the public key to a keyserver:
gpg --send-keys DEADBEEF Raimar
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