sq-key-expire - Man Page

Change a certificate's expiration time

Synopsis

sq key expire [Options]  

Description

Change a certificate's expiration time.

This subcommand changes a certificate's expiration time.  To change the expiration time of an individual subkey, use the `sq key subkey expire` subcommand.

Options

Subcommand options

--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Change the expiration of the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID

--cert-email=EMAIL

Change the expiration of the key where a user ID includes the specified email address

--cert-file=PATH

Change the expiration of the key read from PATH

--cert-userid=USERID

Change the expiration of the key with the specified user ID

--expiration=EXPIRATION

Sets the expiration time

EXPIRATION is either an ISO 8601 formatted date with an optional time or a custom duration.  A duration takes the form `N[ymwds]`, where the letters stand for years, months, weeks, days, and seconds, respectively. Alternatively, the keyword `never` does not set an expiration time.

[default: never]

--output=FILE

Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

Global options

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

Examples

Change Alice's certificate to expire in a year.

    sq key expire --expiration 1y --cert \
    EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Change Alice's certificate to never expire.

    sq key expire --expiration never --cert \
    EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

See Also

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

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

Version

1.0.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.22.0)

Referenced By

sq-key(1).

1.0.0 Sequoia PGP