gpg-wks-client - Client for the Web Key Service
gpg-wks-client [options] --supported user-id gpg-wks-client [options] --check user-id gpg-wks-client [options] --create fingerprint user-id gpg-wks-client [options] --receive gpg-wks-client [options] --read
GPG-WKS-CLIENT(1) GNU Privacy Guard 2.2 GPG-WKS-CLIENT(1)
NAME
gpg-wks-client - Client for the Web Key Service
SYNOPSIS
gpg-wks-client [options] --supported user-id
gpg-wks-client [options] --check user-id
gpg-wks-client [options] --create fingerprint user-id
gpg-wks-client [options] --receive
gpg-wks-client [options] --read
DESCRIPTION
The gpg-wks-client is used to send requests to a Web Key Service
provider. This is usuallay done to upload a key into a Web Key Direc-
tory.
With the --supported command the caller can test whether a site sup-
ports the Web Key Service. The argument is an arbitray address in the
to be tested domain. For example `foo@example.net'. The command
returns success if the Web Key Service is supported. The operation is
silent; to get diagnostic output use the option --verbose.
With the --check command the caller can test whether a key exists for a
supplied mail address. The command returns success if a key is avail-
able.
The --create command is used to send a request for publication in the
Web Key Directory. The arguments are the fingerprint of the key and
the user id to publish. The output from the command is a properly for-
matted mail with all standard headers. This mail can be fed to send-
mail(8) or any other tool to actually send that mail. If sendmail(8)
is installed the option --send can be used to directly send the created
request. If the provider request a 'mailbox-only' user id and no such
user id is found, gpg-wks-client will try an additional user id.
The --receive and --read commands are used to process confirmation
mails as send from the service provider. The former expects an
encrypted MIME messages, the latter an already decrypted MIME message.
The result of these commands are another mail which can be send in the
same way as the mail created with --create.
gpg-wks-client is not commonly invoked directly and thus it is not
installed in the bin directory. Here is an example how it can be
invoked manually to check for a Web Key Directory entry for `foo@exam-
ple.org':
$(gpgconf --list-dirs libexecdir)/gpg-wks-client --check foo@example.net
OPTIONS
gpg-wks-client understands these options:
--send Directly send created mails using the sendmail command.
Requires installation of that command.
--output file
-o Write the created mail to file instead of stdout. Note that the
value - for file is the same as writing to stdout.
--status-fd n
Write special status strings to the file descriptor n. This
program returns only the status messages SUCCESS or FAILURE
which are helpful when the caller uses a double fork approach
and can't easily get the return code of the process.
--verbose
Enable extra informational output.
--quiet
Disable almost all informational output.
--version
Print version of the program and exit.
--help Display a brief help page and exit.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | crypto/gnupg |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
SEE ALSO
gpg-wks-server(1)
NOTES
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.2.8.tar.bz2
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.gnupg.org/.
GnuPG 2.2.8 2018-06-06 GPG-WKS-CLIENT(1)