Change comments?

David Shaw dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Mon Dec 15 09:40:06 CET 2003


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On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 09:32:30AM -0500, Stephan Debelle wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently created a key but would like to change the data I included in 
> the comments, I believe we can use the "updpref" command to change the 
> preferences, any idea how to change the comment field?

The comments are part of the user ID string, and are not changeable.
You need to create a new user ID with the comments you want, then
delete or revoke the old user ID.

David
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