sq-key-password - Man Page
Change the password protecting secret key material
Synopsis
sq key password [Options]
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.
Options
Subcommand options
- -B, --binary
Emit binary data
- --cert=FILE
Change the password of the specified certificate's keys
- --cert-file=CERT_FILE
Change the password of the specified certificate's keys.
Read the certificate from FILE or stdin, if `-`. It is an error for the file to contain more than one certificate.
- --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.
- -o, --output=FILE
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.
Examples
Import a key that has no password protection.
sq key import alice-secret.pgp
Change the password for all keys to password in the specified file.
sq key password --new-password-file password-file.txt --cert \
EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0Clear the password protection.
sq key password --password-file password-file.txt \
--clear-password --cert \EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0
See Also
For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.
Version
0.37.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.1)