sq key password - Change the password protecting secret key material
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Description
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.
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
Name
sq key password - Change the password protecting secret key material
Options
Subcommandoptions--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
Change the password for the secret key material from the key with the specified fingerprint or key
ID
--cert-email=EMAIL
Change the password for the secret key material from the key where a user ID includes the
specified email address
--cert-file=PATH
Change the password for the secret key material from the key read from PATH
--cert-userid=USERID
Change the password for the secret key material from the key with the specified user ID
--clear-password
Clear the password protecting the secret key material
--new-password-file=PASSWORD_FILE
File containing password to encrypt the secret key material
Note that the entire key file will be used as the password including any surrounding whitespace
like a trailing newline.
--output=FILE
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
Globaloptions
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.
See Also
sq(1), sq-key(1). For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.
Synopsis
sqkeypassword [OPTIONS]
Version
1.2.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.22.0)
Sequoia PGP 1.2.0 SQ(1)
