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)
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