GPG keypair commands

This section covers commands that you use in SMCTL to manage GPG keypairs. These commands are: list GPG keypairs, generate GPG keypair, and download GPG keyring. Use flags to specify command parameters.

Commands

To view GPG commands, run:

smctl gpg --help

smctl gpg -h

Subcommands

GPG commands begin with:

smctl gpg <subcommand>

Table 1. Subcommands for managing GPG keypairs

Shortcut	Subcommand	Description
kp	keypair	Manage GPG keypairs.
kr	keyring	Manage GPG keyrings.
-h	--help	Help for GPG keypairs.

Manage GPG keypairs

GPG keypair commands begin with:

smctl gpg keypair <subcommand>

smctl gpg kp <subcommand>

Subcommands

Table 2. Subcommands for generating a GPG keypair

Shortcut	Subcommand	Description
del	delete	Delete GPG keypairs.
desc	describe	Describe a GPG keypair.
gen	generate	Generate GPG master or subkey.
ls	list	List GPG keypairs.
offline	suspend	Set keypair status to offline.
online	unsuspend	Set keypair status to online.
edit	update	Update GPG keypair.
edit-access	update-access	Update access to GPG keypair.
edit-uids	update-uids	Update user IDs of GPG keypair.
-h	--h	Help for generating GPG keypair.