sq-key-userid-add - Man Page

Add a user ID

Synopsis

sq key userid add [Options]  

Description

Add a user ID.

A user ID can contain a name, like `Juliet`, or an email address, like `<juliet@example.org>`.  Historically, a name and an email address were usually combined as a single user ID, like `Juliet <juliet@example.org>`. However, user IDs that include different information such as name and email address are more difficult to reason about, so using distinct user IDs for name and email address is preferred nowadays.

`sq userid add` respects the reference time set by the top-level `--time` argument.  It sets the creation time of the user ID's binding signature to the specified time.

Options

Subcommand options

--allow-non-canonical-userids

Don't reject user IDs that are not in canonical form.

Canonical user IDs are of the form `Name (Comment) <localpart@example.org>`.

--binary

Emit binary data

--cert=FINGERPRINT|KEYID

Add the user ID to the specified certificate

--cert-file=CERT_FILE

Add the user ID to the specified certificate

--email=ADDRESS

Add an email address as user ID to the key

--name=NAME

Add a name as user ID to the key

--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.

--userid=USERID

Add a user ID to the key.

This user ID can combine name and email address, can optionally contain a comment, or even be free-form if `--allow-non-canonical-userids` is given.  However, user IDs that include different information such as name and email address are more difficult to reason about, so using distinct user IDs for name and email address is preferred nowadays.

In doubt, prefer `--name` and `--email`.

Global options

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

Examples

Add a new user ID to Alice's key.

    sq key userid add --cert \
    EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 --name Alice \

--email alice@work.example.com

See Also

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

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

Version

0.38.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.21.2)

Referenced By

sq-key-userid(1).

0.38.0 Sequoia PGP