> Thanks for the info. Is there some reason why we can't edit the UID? I > realize it doesn't help if the key is on a server but this key is not.
Well, the UID is what other people sign. Suppose by a wonderful coincidence my name is Barack Obama. To prevent confusion, I create this UID "Barack Obama (NOT the US president) <[email protected]>" People sign this. They have seen my birth certificate... erm... I mean passport :), and the comment is quite helpful. Now I change the comment. I don't think by now I need to spell it out anymore, but here goes: "Barack Obama (US president) <[email protected]>" People might not be so happy they signed this UID. But you can simply create a new UID (command adduid from --edit-key) and delete the old UID (command deluid). That, as you say, doesn't help when it's on a keyserver as you can't delete data from a key on a keyserver. Likewise, people who already have a copy of your key and import your "new" key will still have the old UID as well(!). When other people already have your key, revoking the UID (command revuid from --edit-key) is the standard way, if you think it's worth it for a changed comment. As people who sign your key sign an UID, you also "lose" all signatures when you revoke the signed UID. Peter. -- I use the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) in combination with Enigmail. You can send me encrypted mail if you want some privacy. My key is available at http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~lebbing/pubkey.txt _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
