Help with Updating a Users PGP Public Key - Existing user in KeyRing Manager

I have had many issues updating one of my vendors PGP Public Key. I have tried everything, exporting ASC files, editing, and resaving. Trying to update in KeyRing Manager. I have tried everything, and cannot get it to work. any help woudl be appreciated. Screenshots are here http://postimg.org/image/xy9urzzi5/


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[1 Points] Jay-__:

What about deleting the key first, then adding it again?

Are you sure you're trying to import the new key?


[1 Points] sapiophile:

If it says unchanged then it's probably the same key you already had.

Also, changing a recipient's pubkey is a very dangerous thing - it should only be done if the new key has been signed by the old, or if a gpg-signed statement with the complete new key and/or its complete fingerprint (NOT KeyID) is provided.

If you were using GPG on the command line, I could give you all sorts of advice, but I really don't know how GPG4USB works. Can you run it from the command line at all? If so, just do gpg --import /path/to/newkey.asc and you should be done, that's all there is to it. You can optionally gpg --delete-key 0xOLDKEYID but it's generally best not to delete old recipient keys if it can be avoided - you may at least want to --export it to a file first so that you have it just in case.

But honestly, if a vendor can't hold on to a GPG keypair properly, then I'm not sure that they're qualified to keep my personal info secure, and I would look to source my shit elsewhere.


[1 Points] hksupport:

If it says unchanged, that means the key you are importing is still in the keyring. You have already imported that key.

If you want to delete a key from gpg4usb, hit the Manage Keys button, then check the key to delete and hit Delete Checked Key. Then close that window and look in the main gpg4usb window and confirm that it's gone. If it's NOT gone, you may have some permissions errors happening. I know when I tried to use gpg4usb in Tails for instance, it couldn't read the keyring until I did a chown'd it to amnesia:amnesia and set the mode correctly.