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edited Jul 2, 2014 at 20:10

When I list the details of a key I get output like this:

$ gpg --edit-key SOMEID pub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage:SC [..] sub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E

Or even usage: SCA on another key (the master-key part).

What does these abbreviation in the usage field mean?

I can derive that:

S -> for signing E -> for encrypting

But what about C and A?

And are there more?

And where to look stuff like this up?

When I list the details of key I get output like this:

$ gpg --edit-key SOMEID pub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage:SC [..] sub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E

Or even usage: SCA on another key (the master-key part).

What does these abbreviation in the usage field mean?

I can derive that:

S -> for signing E -> for encrypting

But what about C and A?

And are there more?

And where to look stuff like this up?

When I list the details of a key I get output like this:

$ gpg --edit-key SOMEID pub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage:SC [..] sub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E

Or even usage: SCA on another key (the master-key part).

What does these abbreviation in the usage field mean?

I can derive that:

S -> for signing E -> for encrypting

But what about C and A?

And are there more?

And where to look stuff like this up?

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occurred Feb 17, 2012 at 23:31

asked Feb 17, 2012 at 22:18

How are the GPG usage flags defined in the key details listing?

When I list the details of key I get output like this:

$ gpg --edit-key SOMEID pub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage:SC [..] sub [..] created: [..] expires: [..] usage: E

Or even usage: SCA on another key (the master-key part).

What does these abbreviation in the usage field mean?

I can derive that:

S -> for signing E -> for encrypting

But what about C and A?

And are there more?

And where to look stuff like this up?

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