Gnupg issue
by bendipa from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4XS0V)
I'm having an issue changing the expiration date of my keys. I managed to change the date of my public key forwarding it a year as you can see I changed this to the current date. I was then asked if I want to change the expiry date of my sub-key (ssb). I then switched the key number to '1' as you can see by the asterisk. Keys are listed as follows:
sec rsa3072/***************
created: 2018-12-30 expires: 2021-01-10 usage: SC
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
ssb rsa3072/***************
created: 2018-12-30 expired: 2019-06-28 usage: E
[ultimate] (1)* Paul Benson (**********) <fbsnr@yahoo.co.uk>
I tried to change the expiry date of the ssb key, but found I was in a loop, because as soon as I had done so this message appears. I tried a few more times with the same problem.
gpg: WARNING: Your encryption subkey expires soon.
gpg: You may want to change its expiration date too.
As I already had loaded this sub-key to change it, I can't see why it's stuck in this loop. I've done this successfully before without an issue so don't understand why I'm having this one now.
Any advice would be welcomed.
sec rsa3072/***************
created: 2018-12-30 expires: 2021-01-10 usage: SC
trust: ultimate validity: ultimate
ssb rsa3072/***************
created: 2018-12-30 expired: 2019-06-28 usage: E
[ultimate] (1)* Paul Benson (**********) <fbsnr@yahoo.co.uk>
I tried to change the expiry date of the ssb key, but found I was in a loop, because as soon as I had done so this message appears. I tried a few more times with the same problem.
gpg: WARNING: Your encryption subkey expires soon.
gpg: You may want to change its expiration date too.
As I already had loaded this sub-key to change it, I can't see why it's stuck in this loop. I've done this successfully before without an issue so don't understand why I'm having this one now.
Any advice would be welcomed.