can't change the primary uid on a RSA key

Jason Harris jharris@widomaker.com
Tue Feb 25 02:46:02 2003


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On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 07:52:06PM -0500, David Shaw wrote:

> Note the error message you received.  User IDs with v3 self-signatures
> (generally old PGP 2.x keys) cannot receive the primary uid flag.
> That is a v4 feature and requires more modern keys.
>=20
> You can promote your old key to one with v4 self-signatures, but then
> the key cannot be used in PGP 2.x any longer.

This was signed with 0x49E1CBC9 (0xE2665C8749E1CBC9), but I _really_
can't find that key (subkey, isn't it?).  Would you mind uploading it?

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Jason Harris          | NIC:  JH329, PGP:  This _is_ PGP-signed, isn't it?
jharris@widomaker.com | web:  http://jharris.cjb.net/

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