Quoting Chad Walstrom (chewie at wookimus.net): > IIRC, you create a new one. Basically, once the expire time has passed, > you cannot be certain that the original author has control of the key. > You can edit the expire time BEFORE your key expires, which is > interpreted to be a safe operation by others, they can assume that the > original author is still in control of the key. > > I think your SOL with that key, though. Time for a new one. I think gpg PREVENTS you from changing the expire once the key is expired. $ gpg --edit-key tanner at real-time.com <notice there is NO expire command> pub 1024D/93D97DA3 created: 2001-01-15 expires: 2002-01-15 trust: -/e sub 2048g/DB44054A created: 2001-01-15 expires: 2002-01-15 <snip> Command> help quit quit this menu save save and quit help show this help fpr show fingerprint list list key and user IDs uid select user ID N key select secondary key N check list signatures sign sign the key lsign sign the key locally nrsign sign the key non-revocably nrlsign sign the key locally and non-revocably deluid delete user ID delkey delete a secondary key delsig delete signatures pref list preferences (expert) showpref list preferences (verbose) trust change the ownertrust revsig revoke signatures disable disable a key enable enable a key showphoto show photo ID -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Fingerprint: 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3