[seahorse/mallard-help] key-expiration-setting.page
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/mallard-help] key-expiration-setting.page
- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:18:59 +0000 (UTC)
commit d3aea8a716c5eb425c8423edb22dc835f83ab2eb
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Thu Jul 18 10:21:32 2013 +0530
key-expiration-setting.page
New page to set and change key expiration dates.
Reflowed text
help/C/key-expiration-setting.page | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-expiration-setting.page b/help/C/key-expiration-setting.page
index d43f123..823e6e0 100644
--- a/help/C/key-expiration-setting.page
+++ b/help/C/key-expiration-setting.page
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
id="key-expiration-setting">
<info>
- <link type="guide" xref="index#create-keys"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="pgp-key-advanced-options" group="second"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-07-06" status="draft"/>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
<desc></desc>
</info>
- <title>Set expiry dates for your keys.</title>
+ <title>Expiry dates for keys</title>
<p>You can set your keys to <link xref="key-expired">expire</link> while
creating them. You can also change the expiry date on your keys.</p>
@@ -26,32 +26,54 @@
<section id="set">
<title>Set expiry dates while creating keys</title>
+ <p><app>Passwords and Keys</app> creates keys that are valid forever by
+ default unless you explicitly set an expiration date for each key you
+ create.</p>
+
<steps>
+ <title>To set the expiration date in the <gui>Advanced key options</gui>
+ panel:</title>
<item>
- <p>First step...</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Second step...</p>
+ <p>Untick the <gui style="checkbox">Never Expires</gui> checkbox.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Third step...</p>
+ <p>Choose the new expiry date and time from the drop down menus
+ displaying the date and time. You can also manually enter the expiry date
+ and time for your key.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="change">
- <title>Change the expiry date of your keys.</title>
+ <title>Change the expiry date of your keys</title>
<steps>
<item>
- <p>First step...</p>
+ <p>Select the PGP key of your choice from the list.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Right click on the selected key and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Second step...</p>
+ <p>In the new dialog, select the <gui>Details</gui> tab.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Third step...</p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>To change the expiry date of the master key, press the small
+ button with the picture of a calendar next to <gui>Expires</gui>, on
+ the right side of the dialog. You can then select the date of your
+ choice from the calendar.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>To change the expiry date of a
+ <link xref="keys-subkeys">subkey</link>, expand the
+ <gui>Subkeys</gui> panel and select the subkey of your choice from
+ the list. Press the <gui style="button">Expire</gui> button on the
+ left of the panel and select the new expiry date of your choice.</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
</item>
</steps>
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