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sq-key-approvals-update(1)

Approves of third-party certifications allowing for their distribution

NAME

sq-key-approvals-update - Approves of third-party certifications allowing for their distribution

SYNOPSIS

sq key approvals update [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Approves of third-party certifications allowing for their distribution.

To prevent certificate flooding attacks, modern key servers prevent uncontrolled distribution of third-party certifications on certificates. To allow the key holder to control what information is distributed with their certificate, these key servers only distribute third-party certifications that the key holder has explicitly approved.

By default, all user IDs are considered, but if at least one `--name`, `--email`, or `--userid` argument is given, only the matching user IDs are considered.

After the approvals have been changed, the certificate has to be distributed, e.g. by uploading it to a key server.

OPTIONS

Subcommand options

--add-all

Approve of all pending certifications

--add-authenticated

Approve of all certifications by authenticated certifiers

For all pending approvals, try to authenticate any user ID on the certifier, and if any can be authenticated, approve of the certification.

--add-by=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Approve of all certifications by this certifier

--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

List the approvals on the certificate with the specified fingerprint or key ID

--cert-email=EMAIL

List the approvals on the certificate where a user ID includes the specified email address

--cert-file=PATH

List the approvals on the certificate read from PATH

--cert-userid=USERID

List the approvals on the certificate with the specified user ID

--email=EMAIL

Use the self-signed user ID with the specified email address

--output=FILE

Write to the specified FILE

If not specified, and the certificate was read from the certificate store, imports the modified certificate into the cert store. If not specified, and the certificate was read from a file, writes the modified certificate to stdout.

--remove-all

Remove all prior approvals

By default, this command adds to the set of already approved certifications. If this flag is given, the existing approvals are disregarded, and only the newly selected certifications are approved, if any.

--remove-by=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Remove all prior approvals of certifications by this certifier

--userid=USERID

Use the specified self-signed user ID

The specified user ID must be self signed.

Global options

See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES

Approve of all of the certifications on all of Alice's user IDs.

sq key approvals update --add-all \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Approve of all of the certifications on all of Alice's user IDs made by Bob, discarding all prior approvals first.

sq key approvals update --remove-all \
--add-by=511257EBBF077B7AEDAE5D093F68CB84CE537C9A \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Approve of all of the certifications on a specific user ID by certifiers that can be authenticated, discarding all prior approvals first.

sq key approvals update --remove-all --add-authenticated \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--userid="Alice <[email protected]>"

Remove the approval of Bob's certification on all of Alice's user IDs.

sq key approvals update \
--remove-by=511257EBBF077B7AEDAE5D093F68CB84CE537C9A \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

SEE ALSO

sq(1), sq-key(1), sq-key-approvals(1).

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org/>.

VERSION

1.4.1

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