Change default key?

[Ingo Klöcker]

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On Donnerstag, 27. September 2001 21:04, David Dorward wrote:
> Now I want to sign it with the new key I generated for my new primary
> email address, how can I change the DEFAULT key used (in a config
> file - not the command line)? I haven't been able to find anything
> helpful in the documentation or the archives, but perhaps I just
> haven't found the right terms to look for?

- From 'man gpg':

       Long  options  can  be  put  in  an  options file (default
       "~/.gnupg/options").  Do not write the 2 dashes, but  sim­
       ply  the  name  of  the option and any required arguments.
       Lines with a hash as the first  non-white-space  character
       are  ignored.  Commands  may  be put in this file too, but
       that does not make sense.

       gpg recognizes these options:
       [snip]
       --default-key name
                 Use name as default user ID for signatures.   If
                 this  is  not  used  the  default user ID is the
                 first user ID found in the secret keyring.

Ergo, simply add 'default-key' followed by the key id of your new key 
to the configuration file.

Regards,
Ingo
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