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:CUSTOM_ID: keygen-uids
:END:
+ By comparison to creating primary keys and subkeys, adding a new
+ user ID to an existing key is much simpler. The method used to do
+ this is =key_add_uid= and the only arguments it takes are for the
+ =key= and the new =uid=.
-** Key preferences
- :PROPERTIES:
- :CUSTOM_ID: keygen-prefs
- :END:
+ #+begin_src python
+ import gpg
+
+ c = gpg.Context()
+ c.home_dir = "/tmp/dmgpg"
+
+ dmfpr = "177B7C25DB99745EE2EE13ED026D2F19E99E63AA"
+ key = c.get_key(dmfpr, secret = True)
+ uid = "Danger Mouse <[email protected]>"
+
+ c.key_add_uid(key, uid)
+ #+end_src
+
+ Unsurprisingly the result of this is:
+
+ #+begin_src shell
+ bash-4.4$ gpg --homedir /tmp/dmgpg -K
+ /tmp/dmgpg/pubring.kbx
+ ----------------------
+ sec rsa3072 2018-03-15 [SC] [expires: 2019-03-15]
+ 177B7C25DB99745EE2EE13ED026D2F19E99E63AA
+ uid [ultimate] Danger Mouse <[email protected]>
+ uid [ultimate] Danger Mouse <[email protected]>
+ ssb rsa3072 2018-03-15 [E] [expires: 2018-09-13]
+
+ bash-4.4$
+ #+end_src
** Key certification
:PROPERTIES:
- :CUSTOM_ID: keygen-certify
+ :CUSTOM_ID: key-sign
:END: