Automated Batch Subkey Creation

[Hauke Laging]

Am Sa 13.09.2014, 16:53:09 schrieb Sam M:
> Werner,
> 
> I'm not a programmer, so I don't know much about source code. But I
> had downloaded the code for GPA. And to try and find an example, I
> did a grep on the option command-fd. I didn''t find anything.
> 
> I would be grateful if you could point out the example you're
> referring to, or just give me one.

Try this (shell code, bash):

echo addkey$'\n'8$'\n'e$'\n'q$'\n'${subkeylength}$'\n'"$expire_period"\
$'\n'save$'\n' | 
LC_ALL= LANGUAGE=en gpg --expert --batch --display-charset utf-8 \
--passphrase "$PASSPHRASE" --command-fd 0 --edit-key $short_id

Adapt the input after "8" to the capability flags you need.


I use that in my (German) script for creating offline mainkeys:

http://www.openpgp-schulungen.de/scripte/keygeneration/#download


Hauke
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