Mailing List Archive: Changing one's Email on key pair

Changing one's Email on key pair

Jul 29, 2000, 2:24 AM

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Hi all,
I've switched ISP and have therefore got a different email address (I was
previously simon@mungewell.ndirect.co.uk).

I have done:
gpg --edit-key simon@mungewell.ndirect.co.uk
adduid simon@mungewell.uklinux
deluid 'old'
send-key blah blah

This appears to have worked fully locally, but it looks like the key on the
public key server still has the old UID (as well as the new).
Keyserver is blackhole.pca.dfn.de

Is this normal behavior, and if so can I mark that UID as 'Do Not Use' whilst
keeping the same key?

Thanks
Simon Wood.

PS. Please cc me as I'm not on the list yet - thanks.
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Re: Changing one's Email on key pair [ In reply to ]

ppalfrad at cosy

Jul 29, 2000, 3:55 AM

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Hi simon!

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, simon wood wrote:

> This appears to have worked fully locally, but it looks like the key on the
> public key server still has the old UID (as well as the new).
> Keyserver is blackhole.pca.dfn.de
>
> Is this normal behavior,

Yes

> and if so can I mark that UID as 'Do Not Use' whilst
> keeping the same key?

You can revoke your self-signature on thad uid.

yours,
peter

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Re: Changing one's Email on key pair [ In reply to ]

ppalfrad at cosy

Jul 29, 2000, 10:33 AM

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On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, simon wood wrote:

> Thanks for the Tip,
> This is obviously something that ought ot be mentioned in the documentation as
> I'm sure I'm not the only person who comes unstuck.....
>
> I've done 'revsig' on the appropriate UID and sent it off, now to see whether
> it works, Cheers,

It will work in that way that the uid is still on the server, but that your
revoked sig is also on it. This means that openPGP complient clients like
GnuPG will not import this uid but whine about non self-signed uids.

This also has the advantage that people who already have your key are
notified that this very uid is no longer valid. HTH

yours,
peter

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