I need to change the gpg key originally used for pass on my system to a newly generated key.
However, when I follow the advice I found on this thread: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/226944/pass-and-gpg-no-public-key, things don't seem to work out as they should. The command used and its output while trying to replace the original gpg key with an alternate gpg key was:
$ pass init -p .password-store GPG-id mkdir: created directory '/home/naphelge/.password-store/.password-store' Password store initialized for GPG-id (.password-store) [master 8d65cea] Set GPG id to GPG-id (.password-store). 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) So the command seems to just be making a new dir, .password-store in the original dir .password-store and creating a new .gpg-id file with my new key's GPG-id in it, and not proceeding to re-encrypt all of the gpg files in .password-store with the new gpg-key.
The same advice is provided in this thread regarding a similar goal as well: https://askubuntu.com/questions/929307/how-to-change-the-gpg-key-of-the-pass-password-store
I noticed that in the original .gpg-id file in the ~/.password-store dir that it is the original gpg-key's fingerprint (without spaces between the (10) 4 digit blocks) that is saved. So I did try the same command above, pass init -p .password-store FINGERPRINT-id, using the new key's fingerprint (without spaces), as well trying just specifying the email address associated with the key, pass init -p .password-store [email protected], to try and initiate the re-encryption of the gpg files in .password-store with the new gpg-key, but always with the same result.
So I am not sure, looking at other posts and the pass man page what else to try to get this to work. Any suggestions or advice appreciated. Thks.
