-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 28/08/12 1:17 AM, Arthur Rance wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a noob and I'm going to export a subkey : > > $ gpg --list-keys > > pub 2048R/12345678 2010-01-01 uid Arthur Rance > <[email protected]> sub 2048R/90123456 2010-01-01 sub > 2048R/78901234 2012-08-27 > > $ gpg --export --armor 78901234 > 78901234.txt > > $ gpg --export --armor 12345678 > 12345678.txt > > $ diff 78901234.txt 12345678.txt > > Why is there no difference between the subkey and my public key ?
Because --export is for exporting your public key and GPG recognises the IDs of the subkeys as belonging to 12345678. The public key won't change even if you delete your master key and only use the subkeys on a day to day basis. Regards, Ben -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGcBAEBCgAGBQJQO77WAAoJEH/y03E1x1U8KngL/RCoH52bds0qlvkzyYaWAqXn ZvTyqkHgdCCGfT7yIagtNqDYEOlZocp9i3Hf9XzfzZWrjmZnwPnB1pL7w82HJq9v cWoS6XewOOUpXfD3KEiBnX+cb+jTAyQiNi7BAFwNYDcIxRN5wnR6URCPgnszz3D8 YVfLSFVf14+pmOsojJpK6EvkR2j03T87oGI/5Q69EytYVO/i+n4ldB22reTnsmZA Y6FIYDBfK3Z3GGZjT3Hs7MADrzGYSRlM1y5lFxke+Ddax7RBi91+iHW3y/RnDnkP J9iTp/oKY54YXjMVw5t1pxYIz/VQijlj9b31/6jgQvg6OKGKtgS7soBNhUScs5aX HSFRvAmsVTv32IuEfNS9HKMvt/l5cguuybMjBtDBipN8eCWq/D4FV1RJEAFT5dZm 59vv5k4jxKPDzvWJx0PL4OH/C0FaC2/uAxx7/3q9L7O0Tau7GGCkR5EQ2R2ofsSM 1VMlh0xA0FDpj6XMgQ7h+dEvMF5A6+cV/bhzxP5xLQ== =My2u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
