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| author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2019-05-27 08:40:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2019-05-27 08:40:38 +0000 |
| commit | cc6069ac6ecd57dcbb808f28d54fd9f89dc55014 (patch) | |
| tree | 82fd37bf1dd0a417e9c145d7f8c8d9e348168052 /doc/gpg.texi | |
| parent | agent: Stop scdaemon after reload when disable_scdaemon. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-cc6069ac6ecd57dcbb808f28d54fd9f89dc55014.tar.gz gnupg-cc6069ac6ecd57dcbb808f28d54fd9f89dc55014.zip | |
gpg: Allow deletion of subkeys with --delete-[secret-]key.
* common/userids.c (classify_user_id): Do not set the EXACT flag in
the default case.
* g10/export.c (exact_subkey_match_p): Make static,
* g10/delkey.c (do_delete_key): Implement subkey only deleting.
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GnuPG-bug-id: 4457
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/gpg.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index fd7dcddf0..c9262c66a 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -404,7 +404,10 @@ functionality is also available as the subcommand "passwd" with the @opindex delete-keys Remove key from the public keyring. In batch mode either @option{--yes} is required or the key must be specified by fingerprint. This is a -safeguard against accidental deletion of multiple keys. +safeguard against accidental deletion of multiple keys. If the +exclamation mark syntax is used with the fingerprint of a subkey only +that subkey is deleted; if the exclamation mark is used with the +fingerprint of the primary key the entire public key is deleted. @item --delete-secret-keys @var{name} @opindex delete-secret-keys @@ -413,7 +416,10 @@ specified by fingerprint. The option @option{--yes} can be used to advice gpg-agent not to request a confirmation. This extra pre-caution is done because @command{@gpgname} can't be sure that the secret key (as controlled by gpg-agent) is only used for the given -OpenPGP public key. +OpenPGP public key. If the exclamation mark syntax is used with the +fingerprint of a subkey only the secret part of that subkey is +deleted; if the exclamation mark is used with the fingerprint of the +primary key only the secret part of the primary key is deleted. @item --delete-secret-and-public-key @var{name} |
