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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 usual-
lay 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 Ser-
vice. The argument is an arbitrary address in the to be tested domain. For example
'foo AT 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 ad-
dress. 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 re-
quest 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 re-
moves a key from that directory, its only argument is a user-id.

The command --print-wkd-hash prints the WKD user-id identifiers and the corresponding
mailboxes from the user-ids given on the command line or via stdin (one user-id per line).

The command --print-wkd-url prints the URLs used to fetch the key for the given user-ids
from WKD. The meanwhile preferred format with sub-domains is used here.

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 Di-
rectory entry for 'foo AT example.org':

$(gpgconf --list-dirs libexecdir)/gpg-wks-client --check foo AT example.net

OPTIONS
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 arguments on the command line are taken as domain names and tested for WKD sup-
port. The output format is one line per domain with colon delimited fields. The
currently specified fields are (future versions may specify additional fields):

1 - domain
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.

2 - WKD
If the value is true the domain supports the Web Key Directory.

3 - WKS
If the value is true the domain supports the Web Key Service protocol to up-
load keys to the directory.

4 - error-code
This may contain an gpg-error code to describe certain failures. Use 'gpg-
error CODE' to explain the code.

5 - protocol-version
The minimum protocol version supported by the server.

6 - auth-submit
The auth-submit flag from the policy file of the server.

7 - mailbox-only
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.