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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 Directory.
With the --supported command the caller can test whether a site supports 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. See option --with-colons for a variant of this command.
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 available.
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 formatted mail with all standard headers.
This mail can be fed to sendmail(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.
The command --install-key manually installs a key into a local directory (see option -C) reflecting the structure of a WKD. The arguments are a file with the keyblock and the user-id to install. If the first argument resembles a fingerprint the key is taken from the current keyring; to force the use of a file, prefix the first argument with "./". If no arguments are given the parameters are read from stdin; the expected format are lines with the fingerprint and the mailbox separated by a space. The command --remove-key removes a key from that directory, its only argument is a user-id.
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@example.org:
$(gpgconf --list-dirs libexecdir)/gpg-wks-client --check foo@example.net
gpg-wks-client
understands these options:
--send
Directly send created mails using the sendmail
command.
Requires installation of that command.
--with-colons
This option has currently only an effect on the --supported command. If it is used all arguimenst on the command line are taken as domain names and tested for WKD support. The output format is one line per domain with colon delimited fields. The currently specified fields are (future versions may specify additional fields):
This is the domain name. Although quoting is not required for valid domain names this field is specified to be quoted in standard C manner.
If the value is true the domain supports the Web Key Directory.
If the value is true the domain supports the Web Key Service protocol to upload keys to the directory.
This may contain an gpg-error code to describe certain failures. Use ‘gpg-error CODE’ to explain the code.
The minimum protocol version supported by the server.
The auth-submit flag from the policy file of the server.
The mailbox-only flag from the policy file of the server.
--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.
-C dir
--directory dir
Use dir as top level directory for the commands --install-key and --remove-key. The default is openpgpkey.
--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.
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