SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

sq key subkey password - Change the password protecting secret key material

sq key subkey password [OPTIONS]

Change the password protecting secret key material.

Secret key material can be protected by a password. This subcommand changes or clears the password of one or more keys.

To strip the password either use `--clear` or supply a zero-length password when prompted for the new password.

If a key is password protected, and the correct password was not supplied using the `--password-file` argument, the user is prompted for the password. Likewise, if the new password isn't provided, the user is prompted.

Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the specified fingerprint or key ID
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key where a user ID includes the specified email address
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key read from PATH
Change the password for the secret key material of the specified (sub)keys from the key with the specified user ID
Clear the password protecting the secret key material
Change the password protecting the specified key's secret key material
File containing password to encrypt the secret key material.
Note that the entire key file will be used as the password including any surrounding whitespace like a trailing newline.
Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

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

Change the password for Alice's signing key to the password in the specified file.

sq key subkey password --new-password-file=password-file.txt \
--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8




Clear the password protection for Alice's signing key.






sq key subkey password --password-file=password-file.txt \








--clear-password \










--cert=EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \










--key=42020B87D51877E5AF8D272124F3955B0B8DECC8














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


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