---
name: "sqop-validate-userid"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sequoia-sop"
version: "0.38.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sqop-validate-userid"
---

# sqop-validate-userid(1)

Validate a User ID in an OpenPGP Certificate

## NAME

sqop-validate-userid - Validate a User ID in an OpenPGP Certificate

## SYNOPSIS

**sqop validate-userid** \[**--addr-spec-only**\] \[**--debug**\] \[**--validate-at**\] \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \<*USERID*\> \<*CERTS*\>

## DESCRIPTION

Validate a User ID in an OpenPGP Certificate

## OPTIONS

- **--addr-spec-only**

  Treat USERID as an e-mail address, and matched only against the e-mail address part of each correctly bound User ID

- **--debug**

  Emit verbose output for debugging

- **--validate-at** *\<VALIDATE\_AT\>*

  Evaluate the validity of the User ID at the specified time, not at the current time

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- \<*USERID*\>

  The User ID to validate

- \<*CERTS*\>

  Authority OpenPGP certificates, i.e. trust roots