sq-key-password1
Change the password protecting secret key material
Usage
sq key
password
[OPTIONS]
Overview
Change the password protecting secret key material.
Secret key material can be protected by a password. This subcommand changes or clears the password.
To strip the password either use `--clear` or supply a zero-length password when prompted for the new password.
If a key is password protected, and the correct password was not supplied using the `--password-file` argument, the user is prompted for the password. Likewise, if the new password isn't provided, the user is prompted.
Options
Subcommand options
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--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID -
Change the password for the secret key material from the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID
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--cert-email=EMAIL -
Change the password for the secret key material from the key where a user ID includes the specified email address
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--cert-file=PATH -
Change the password for the secret key material from the key read from PATH
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--cert-userid=USERID -
Change the password for the secret key material from the key with the specified user ID
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--clear-password -
Clear the password protecting the secret key material
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--new-password-file=PASSWORD_FILE -
File containing password to encrypt the secret key material
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Note that the entire key file will be used as the password including any surrounding whitespace like a trailing newline.
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--output=FILE -
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.
Examples
Change the password for all of Alice's keys to the password in the specified file.
sq key password --new-password-file password-file.txt --cert \ EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0
Clear the password protection for all of Alice's keys.
sq key password --password-file password-file.txt \ --clear-password --cert \ EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0
Version
1.4.1
Releases
3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.
--cert since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--cert-email since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--cert-file since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--cert-userid since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--clear-password since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--new-password-file since Debian 13 (Trixie).
--binary until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--clear until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--help until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-B until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-h until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-o until Debian 12 (Bookworm).