well, you'd be changing they key signature and not the key itself; thimplication being that you could still decrypt data encrypted with the original key (before the email change). Somebody please correct me if this is innacurate, though, I've not tried.
On 12/13/09, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the link. I did see that page. It's looking like it isn't > possible to change the email address on a key without changing the > actual key also. > > On Dec 13, 1:33 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2002-September/015173.html >> >> Sort of. It changes the key signature though, and you'd have to revoke >> the >> original key if you distributed it. I got this by a google search for >> "gpg >> change email". First result. >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jeremy Leonard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I was wondering if it is possible to change the email address >> > associated with a gnupg key after it's been created. >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> > Group. >> > To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit our group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> >> -- >> >> Daniel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- Daniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
