How to submit the primary uid to keyserver?

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Sat Jul 26 21:27:12 2003


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On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:06:26PM +0200, Andre Steinert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I created a key with the uid "Andre Steinert <andre@steinertnet.de>". Then I
> added the uid "Andre Steinert <a.steinert@tu-bs.de>" but didn't noticed that
> this one has become the primary uid. I exported the key to the keyservers.
> 
> To let the first uid be the primary uid, I used the GnuPG-functions "uid
> {x}" and "primary". After doing this, the right uid was the primary one. I
> exported the key to the keyservers, again.
> 
> Now, the keyservers still show my last added uid as the primary one and not
> the first :-(. What can I do?

There are a few games you can play with rearranging packets, but in
general, there is always going to be one keyserver that doesn't do
what you want.  I wouldn't worry too much about it - on a keyserver,
it's a cosmetic issue.

The keyservers could certainly look for the primary flag (even without
cryptographic support), but it's not something that anyone has written
code for.

David
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