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NAME

sq key password - Change password protecting secrets

SYNOPSIS

sq key password [OPTIONS] FILE

DESCRIPTION

Change password protecting secrets.

Secret key material in keys can be protected by a password. This subcommand changes or clears this encryption password.

To emit the key with unencrypted secrets, either use ’--clear’ or supply a zero-length password when prompted for the new password.

OPTIONS

Subcommand options
-B, --binary

Emit binary data

--clear

Emit a key with unencrypted secrets

--new-password-file=NEW_PASSWORD_FILE

File containing password to encrypt key

Note that the entire key file will be used as the password, including surrounding whitespace like for example a trailing newline

-o, --output=FILE

Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

--old-password-file=OLD_PASSWORD_FILE

File containing password to decrypt key

Note that the entire key file will be used as the password, including surrounding whitespace like for example a trailing newline

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

EXAMPLES

First, generate a key

sq key generate --userid ’<juliet [AT] example.org>’ \

--output juliet.key.pgp

Then, encrypt the secrets in the key with a password.

sq key password < juliet.key.pgp > juliet.encrypted_key.pgp

And remove the password again.

sq key password --clear < juliet.encrypted_key.pgp \

> juliet.decrypted_key.pgp

SEE ALSO

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

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

VERSION

0.34.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.19.0)