Eric Poellinger wrote on 12/3/13, 6:22 PM:
> This is the key before issuing the 'expire' command:
>
> pub 2048R/4A4DBDC7 created: 2012-01-13 expires: 2014-01-12 usage: SC
> trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
> sub 2048R/0C0305EC created: 2012-01-13 expires: 2014-01-12 usage: E
>
>
> I did a 2 year expiration and the master key (4A4DBDC7 ) was updated as
> expected (to 2015-12-03)
>
> PRIMARY QUESTIONS - I am uncertain about the sub-key. When I attempt to
> 'expire' it the date does not seem to change. Maybe you cannot expire a
> sub-key? Maybe I do not need to care because we are not using it in our
> encryption commands?? FYI, this key is only with one trading partner,
> so managing the change is not difficult.
I had the same problem a short time ago, and solved it with the help of
a friend, and this is what I did in MacOSX's Terminal
$ gpg edit-key [key ID]
[..]
Secret key is available,
pub 2048R/[key ID] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: SC
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
sub 2048R/[sub-key ID] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E
Then:
> key 1 expire
pub 2048R/[key ID] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: SC
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
sub* 2048R/[sub-key ID] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E
[note the asterisk after sub, that indicates that this is the key which
has been selected for expiry]
then again:
expiry
I got:
Changing expiration time for a subkey.
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
0 = key does not expire
<n> = key expires in n days
<n>w = key expires in n weeks
<n>m = key expires in n months
<n>y = key expires in n years
Hope this helps.
I don't know whether you can use this method in your system.
You seem to be using web-mail with html format.
Charly
0x15E4F2EA
Mac OS X 10.9 13A603
MacBook Intel C2Duo 2GHz 13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008 .
(GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.20 - gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.15
TB 24.1.1 Enigmail version 1.6 (20131006-1849)
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