Password reset

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:39:32PM +0000, Subba Rao wrote:
> I have created my keys a while ago but have not used it as much as I wanted
> to. The worst part of it is that now I am begining to exchange some work
> files with my team and I cannot remember my password. Now I cannot sign the
> keys they sent to me. Everytime I use the "--sign-key" option, I am prompted
> for a password. I have tried all from the set of passwords I use.
> 
> Is there any way to reset the password on this key? I would like to avoid
> creating a new key.

In short, no.

That is a feature.  Remember: if you can reset your password and
regain access to a key, so could the Bad Guys.

David

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