SQ(1)

NAME
sq wot identify - Identify a certificate

SYNOPSIS
sq [GLOBAL OPTIONS] wot identifyFINGERPRINT|KEYID

DESCRIPTION
Identify a certificate.

Identify a certificate by finding authenticated bindings (User ID and certificate pairs).

If a binding could be authenticated to the specified level (by default: fully authenticated, i.e., a trust amount of 120), then the exit status is 0. Otherwise the exit status is 1.

If a binding could be patially authenticated (i.e., its trust amount is greater than 0), then the binding is displayed, even if the trust is below the specified threshold.

OPTIONS

--cert-store=PATH
    Specifies the location of the certificate store

-f, --force=FORCE
    Overwrites existing files

--keyring=PATH
    Specifies the location of a keyring to use

--known-notation=NOTATION
    Adds NOTATION to the list of known notations

--no-cert-store=NO_CERT_STORE
    Disables the use of a certificate store

--output-format=FORMAT
    Produces output in FORMAT, if possible

--output-version=VERSION
    Produces output variant VERSION.

--pep-cert-store=PATH
    Specifies the location of a pEp certificate store

--time=TIME
    Sets the reference time as ISO 8601 formatted timestamp

--trust-root=FINGERPRINT|KEYID
    Considers the specified certificate to be a trust root

EXAMPLES

  # Identify a certificate.

  $ sq --keyring keyring.pgp \

      --partial \

      --trust-root 8F17777118A33DDA9BA48E62AACB3243630052D9 \

    wot identify \

      C7B1406CD2F612E9CE2136156F2DA183236153AE

  # The same as above, but output in DOT format and convert it to

  # an SVG using Graphviz's DOT compiler.

  $ sq --format dot \

      --keyring keyring.pgp \

      --partial \

      --trust-root 8F17777118A33DDA9BA48E62AACB3243630052D9 \

    wot identify \

      C7B1406CD2F612E9CE2136156F2DA183236153AE \

    | dot -Tsvg -o C7B1406CD2F612E9CE2136156F2DA183236153AE.svg

SEE ALSO
sq(1).

For the full documentation see <https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/>.

VERSION
0.31.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.16.0, using Nettle 3.9 (Cv448: true))