NAME
sq key expire - Change expiration times
SYNOPSIS
sq key expire [OPTIONS] EXPIRY FILE
DESCRIPTION
Change expiration times.
Keys and their individual subkeys can expire. This subcommand changes or clears the expiration times.
By default, the expiration time of the entire key is changed. To change the expiration of only some of the subkeys, use the ’--subkey’ option.
OPTIONS
Subcommand
options
-B, --binary
Emit binary data
-o, --output=FILE
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted
--subkey=SUBKEY
Change expiration of this subkey, not the entire key
EXPIRY
Define EXPIRY for the key as ISO 8601 formatted string or custom duration. If an ISO 8601 formatted string is provided, the validity period reaches from the reference time (may be set using ’--time’) to the provided time. Custom durations starting from the reference time may be set using ’N[ymwds]’, for N years, months, weeks, days, or seconds. The special keyword ’never’ sets an unlimited expiry.
FILE |
Read from FILE or stdin if omitted |
Global
options
See sq(1) for a description of the global
options.
EXAMPLES
Make Alice’s key expire in a year.
sq key expire 1y alice-secret.pgp
Make Alice’s key never expire.
sq key expire never alice-secret.pgp
Make Bob’s authentication subkey expire in six months.
sq key expire 6m --subkey 6AEACDD24F896624 bob-secret.pgp
SEE ALSO
For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org>.
VERSION
0.34.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.19.0)