SQ(1) User Commands SQ(1)

sq key password - Change the password protecting secret key material

sq key 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.

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.

Emit binary data
Change the password of the specified certificate's keys
Change the password of the specified certificate's keys.
Read the certificate from FILE or stdin, if `-`. It is an error for the file to contain more than one certificate.
Clear the password protecting the 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.

Import a key that has no password protection.

sq key import alice-secret.pgp

Change the password for all keys to password in the specified file.

sq key password --new-password-file password-file.txt --cert \
EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

Clear the password protection.

sq key password --password-file password-file.txt \
--clear-password --cert \
EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0

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

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

0.37.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0)

0.37.0 Sequoia PGP