Key management question

Justin R. Miller justin@solidlinux.com
Fri Oct 19 19:29:01 2001


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Thus spake Kevin A. Pieckiel (kpieckiel@mail.com):


> I did --edit-keys and added two UID's to my key. How do I change the
> default UID that is used in my keyring when I sign/encrypt something?
> It seems to have picked a UID at random and I'm uncertain as to how I
> change it. Why does the handbook not say ANYTHING about that little
> dot that shows up in the --edit-keys CLI that tells which UID is the
> default or primary UID? Or do I have things all screwed up in my
> head?
I don't believe that this is documented outside of the list archives (which, BTW, are a good resource). I believe it was said that the last UID you add is the default (with the dot), and that the next version of GnuPG allows the editing of this. =20 --=20 Justin R. Miller <justin@solidlinux.com> PGP/GnuPG Key ID 0xC9C40C31 (preferred) --ryJZkp9/svQ58syV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE70GI194d6K8nEDDERAgawAJ9wDhLFeHNeEqdkPBG07riNthfd5ACfYM+j 9p3ttOOii1aNsyTCu3sHM6M= =F7rA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ryJZkp9/svQ58syV--