Create subkey with same passphrase

Dashamir Hoxha dashohoxha at gmail.com
Fri May 13 04:28:08 CEST 2016


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:59 AM, MFPA <
2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net> wrote:
>
> > I wanted to know if there is a way to create a new
> > subkey without giving
> > it a new passphrase but using the same one as the
> > primary key and the first subkey.
>
> Just enter the same passphrase as already used for this key when
> prompted for the passphrase for the new subkey.
>

The best solution in my opinion would be to allow batch mode [1] to create
more than one subkey. The manual says "Currently only one subkey can be
handled".
I don't know, is it difficult to implement, or it is considered bad
practice (and thus
the restriction).

Dashamir

[1]:
https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Unattended-GPG-key-generation.html
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