On 14/02/07, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
revuid means 'revoke uid', as in, id. not the key. Try:
gpg --edit-key somebody -> key disable; list
or:
gpg --delete-key <signature> --yes
Revocation is not deletion, it generates a revocation certificate for
use later. See man gpg option --gen-revoke . I had to look in the
manual. Why didn't you ?
Thanks for taking the time to look at the manual. I also looked at the
manual before I came here to ask and learned that what I want is to REVOKE
an ID, from the manual:
deluid Delete a user id. Note that it is not possible
to
retract a user id, once it has been send to the
public
(i.e. to a keyserver). In that case you better
use
revuid.
I.e. Just deleting a uid from my local disk isn't going to help advertise to
the world the fact that this uid is no longer valid. I want to revoke the
UID (and not the entire key) because it shares the key with other uids which
I want to keep using.
I found the answer - when "gpg --edit-key" says "select uid" it means that I
have to type the "uid <n>" command before typing the command that uses that
uid. Same with selecting subkeys using the "key" command.
Thanks,
--Amos
