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diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 01dfeb770..19398e63b 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -1726,14 +1726,18 @@ Set what trust model GnuPG should follow. The models are: exists. @end table -@item --auto-key-locate @var{parameters} +@item --auto-key-locate @var{mechanisms} @itemx --no-auto-key-locate @opindex auto-key-locate GnuPG can automatically locate and retrieve keys as needed using this -option. This happens when encrypting to an email address (in the -"user@@example.com" form), and there are no user@@example.com keys on -the local keyring. This option takes any number of the following -mechanisms, in the order they are to be tried: +option. This happens when encrypting to an email address (in the +"user@@example.com" form), and there are no "user@@example.com" keys +on the local keyring. This option takes any number of the mechanisms +listed below, in the order they are to be tried. Instead of listing +the mechanisms as comma delimited arguments, the option may also be +given several times to add more mechanism. The option +@option{--no-auto-key-locate} or the mechanism "clear" resets the +list. The default is "local,wkd". @table @asis @@ -1749,7 +1753,6 @@ mechanisms, in the order they are to be tried: @item wkd Locate a key using the Web Key Directory protocol. - This is an experimental method and semantics may change. @item ldap Using DNS Service Discovery, check the domain in question for any LDAP @@ -1782,13 +1785,14 @@ mechanisms, in the order they are to be tried: @end table + @item --auto-key-retrieve @itemx --no-auto-key-retrieve @opindex auto-key-retrieve @opindex no-auto-key-retrieve -This option enables the automatic retrieving of keys from a keyserver -when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the local -keyring. +These options enable or disable the automatic retrieving of keys from +a keyserver when verifying signatures made by keys that are not on the +local keyring. The default is @option{--auto-key-retrieve}. If the method "wkd" is included in the list of methods given to @option{auto-key-locate}, the signer's user ID is part of the |