On Friday 25 December 2015 18:41:30 Matthias Apitz wrote: > Hello, > > I read that I should self-sign my pub key, but when I do this after > creation, it says: > > $ LANG=C gpg2 --sign-key Matthias > > pub rsa2048/AA1EF4741F9046D4 > created: 2015-12-25 expires: never usage: SC > trust: ultimate validity: ultimate > sub rsa2048/D6AD2EFF41863FE4 > created: 2015-12-25 expires: never usage: E > [ultimate] (1). Matthias Apitz (GnuPG v2) <g...@unixarea.de> > > "Matthias Apitz (GnuPG v2) <g...@unixarea.de>" was already signed by key > AA1EF4741F9046D4 Nothing to sign with key AA1EF4741F9046D4 > > Key not changed so no update needed. > > What I do wrong?
You didn't do anything wrong. When you create a new key it is automatically self-signed. A long time ago this was not necessarily the case. Today the above advice is still correct, but probably no longer necessary. Regards, Ingo
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