Unable to change expiration date on primary key

[Toni Mas Soler]

I use to do by gpg --edit-key command.
Primary key have to be available.



El Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:08:39 -0500
Jesse Hathaway via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> va escriure el
següent:

> I have a key with two subkeys, the two subkeys have no expiration. I
> am trying to remove the expiration date on the primary key, but the
> suggested commands don't seem to have any effect and more strangely
> don't seem to return any error messages or a non-zero exit code. I
> have tried using both using the gpg console and the --quick-set-expire
> option, but both have no effect. I have also tried extending the
> expiration date, but the results are the same:
> 
> quick-set
> 
>     $ gpg --verbose --with-subkey-fingerprints --list-keys
> AB48C7022E543EABE8021D6FB29E1E6371FDBFB6
>     gpg: enabled compatibility flags:
>     gpg: using pgp trust model
>     gpg: checking the trustdb
>     gpg: 2 keys processed (2 validity counts cleared)
>     gpg: marginals needed: 3  completes needed: 1  trust model: pgp
>     gpg: depth: 0  valid:   2  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m,
> 0f, 2u gpg: next trustdb check due at 2030-04-12
>     pub   rsa4096 2021-12-10 [C] [expires: 2024-12-10]
>           AB48C7022E543EABE8021D6FB29E1E6371FDBFB6
>     uid           [ unknown] <jhathaway at wikimedia.org>
>     uid           [ unknown] Jesse Hathaway
>     sub   rsa4096 2021-12-10 [S]
>           68324D0D9D86586CABBF5AA9ABA34714F5533665
>     sub   rsa4096 2021-12-10 [E]
>           F0A97995C8E8E79AD444BDAF7DE5A2D165656F60
> 
>     $ gpg --quick-set-expire AB48C7022E543EABE8021D6FB29E1E6371FDBFB6
> 0 $ # no change
> 
> gpg console
> 
>     $ gpg --edit-key AB48C7022E543EABE8021D6FB29E1E6371FDBFB6
>     gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.5; Copyright (C) 2024 g10 Code GmbH
>     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
>     Secret key is available.
> 
>     gpg: checking the trustdb
>     gpg: marginals needed: 3  completes needed: 1  trust model: pgp
>     gpg: depth: 0  valid:   2  signed:   0  trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m,
> 0f, 2u gpg: next trustdb check due at 2030-04-12
>     sec  rsa4096/B29E1E6371FDBFB6
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: 2024-12-10  usage: C
>          trust: unknown       validity: unknown
>     ssb  rsa4096/ABA34714F5533665
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: never       usage: S
>     ssb  rsa4096/7DE5A2D165656F60
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: never       usage: E
>     [ unknown] (1). <jhathaway at wikimedia.org>
>     [ unknown] (2)  Jesse Hathaway
> 
>     gpg> expire  
>     Changing expiration time for the primary key.
>     Please specify how long the key should be valid.
>              0 = key does not expire
>           <n>  = key expires in n days
>           <n>w = key expires in n weeks
>           <n>m = key expires in n months
>           <n>y = key expires in n years
>     Key is valid for? (0)
>     Key does not expire at all
>     Is this correct? (y/N) y
> 
>     sec  rsa4096/B29E1E6371FDBFB6
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: 2024-12-10  usage: C
>          trust: unknown       validity: unknown
>     ssb  rsa4096/ABA34714F5533665
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: never       usage: S
>     ssb  rsa4096/7DE5A2D165656F60
>          created: 2021-12-10  expires: never       usage: E
>     [ unknown] (1). <jhathaway at wikimedia.org>
>     [ unknown] (2)  Jesse Hathaway
> 
>     gpg> save  
>     $ # no change
> 
> gpg version
> 
>     $ gpg --version
>     gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.5
>     libgcrypt 1.11.0
>     Copyright (C) 2024 g10 Code GmbH
>     License GNU GPL-3.0-or-later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
>     Home: /home/jhathaway/.gnupg
>     Supported algorithms:
>     Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
>     Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
>             CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
>     Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
>     Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2
> 
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