Hi Thomas, Thomas F. Ruddy: > I am running GPG version 1 on Linux Mint KDE. > > When I try to extend the expiration date of my public key, I get > > gpg> expire > Need the secret key to do this. > > ...and despite the advice given on various Webpages, no box appears for > me to input my secret key's passphrase. > > This question has come up on various Webpages, but no coherent answer > was ever given to my knowledge. > > Enigmail indeed will extend expiration, but it fails to upload its > results to a keyserver such as pgp.mit.edu
I'm unsure how far you have gotten. What you wrote contradicts a bit... Either you've failed to extend the expiration date of your key, or you didn't. Either you could upload the updated key to the keyservers, or you couldn't. > So when I compare my results via the commandline with those attained > through Enigmail, I wonder whether Enigmail will update the trustdb > eventually; now I see that: > > gpg: next trustdb check due at 2018-09-01 > > i.e. the day when my public key will expire. So you succeeded to extend the expiration date of the key and upload it and it only doesn't show up in Enigmail?! If that's your problem you can simpliy do: Enigmail > Key Management > File > Reload Key Cache HTH, ~flapflap _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
