sq key subkey 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 of
one or more keys.
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 Alice's signing key to the password in the specified file.
sq key subkey password --new-password-file=password-file.txt \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8
Clear the password protection for Alice's signing key.
sq key subkey password --password-file=password-file.txt \
--clear-password \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8
Name
sq key subkey password - Change the password protecting secret key material
Options
Subcommandoptions--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the
specified fingerprint or key ID
--cert-email=EMAIL
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key where a
user ID includes the specified email address
--cert-file=PATH
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key read from
PATH
--cert-userid=USERID
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the
specified user ID
--clear-password
Clear the password protecting the secret key material
--key=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
Change the password protecting the specified key's 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), sq-key-subkey(1). For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.
Synopsis
sqkeysubkeypassword [OPTIONS]
Version
1.2.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.22.0)
Sequoia PGP 1.2.0 SQ(1)
