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 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.

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.

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

OPTIONS

gpg-wks-client understands these options:

--send
    Directly send created mails using the sendmail command. Requires installation of that command.

--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.

--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.

SEE ALSO
gpg-wks-server(1)