On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:18:03AM -0500, rick wrote: > In setting up a user I managed to fat finger the email address. > The pgp documentation shows how to edit the user information using the -ke > (key edit) flag, but I am unable to find a similar capability in gpg. I > thought that possibly I could remove the user id, then recreate the user > with the corrected email address but I was unsure if I could retain the > ability to decrypt existing files. > > Is it possible to edit the user information in pgp? Can someone point me > to the applicable documentation for this item?
This will not affect your ability to decrypt existing files. If you have published the key to a keyserver, the only options are to revoke the user id and add a new one or revoke the entire key, and generate a new key. However, you will still require the old key to decrypt previously encrypted files. James -- James P. Howard, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameshoward.us
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