SQ(1)

NAME
sq key adopt - Bind keys from one certificate to another

SYNOPSIS
sq key adopt [OPTIONS] TARGET-KEY

DESCRIPTION
Bind keys from one certificate to another.

This command allows one to transfer primary keys and subkeys into an existing certificate. Say you want to transition to a new certificate, but have an authentication subkey on your current certificate. You want to keep the authentication subkey because it allows access to SSH servers and updating their configuration is not feasible.

OPTIONS

  Subcommand options

-B, --binary
    Emit binary data

--allow-broken-crypto
    Allow adopting keys from certificates using broken cryptography

--expire=KEY-EXPIRATION-TIME
    Make adopted subkeys expire at the given time

-k, --key=KEY
    Add the key or subkey KEY to the TARGET-KEY

-o, --output=FILE
    Write to FILE or stdout if omitted

    [default: -]

TARGET-KEY
    Add keys to TARGET-KEY or reads keys from stdin if omitted

    [default: -]

  Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES

Adopt an subkey into the new cert

    sq key adopt --keyring juliet-old.pgp --key 0123456789ABCDEF \
        juliet-new.pgp

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

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

VERSION
0.36.0 (sequoia-openpgp 1.20.0)