Newbie problem [solved]

[john s.]

On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 17:38:00 -0500
David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:

> On Feb 21, 2014, at 7:06 PM, john s. <jrsong at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Having had no trouble generating a key pair, I am having some problems of
> > understanding.
> > 
> > I am going around in circles trying to understand something i am sure is
> > quite straightforward.
> > 
> > The command:
> > 
> > 	gpg --edit-key UID takes me to a command prompt and suggests I check
> > help. What do I do now? I wish to extend the the expiry date of my key
> > which I initially set at one year
> 
> Enter "expire" and follow the prompts.  It will ask you for the new expiry
> date, and then ask for your passphrase to encode it onto the key.
> 
> David
> 

Thank you, I just couldn't see the wood for the tree.


John
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