From de7675f7a92430b77f94bf6d3ecc3916d89b5b13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas A Caswell Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 18:02:29 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: add section on signing with existing key --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 97cfcff..0615321 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -416,6 +416,17 @@ Export the key ID as a [variable](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1158091/de $ export KEYID=0xFF3E7D88647EBCDB ``` +# Sign with an existing key (if you have one) + +Export your existing key to move it to the working keyring. From a different terminal do: + + $ gpg --export-secret-keys --armor --output /tmp/new.sec + +and then + + $ gpg --default-key $OLDKEY --sign-key $KEYID + + # Sub-keys Edit the master key to add sub-keys: