SQ(1)

NAME
sq-pki-path - Verify the specified path

SYNOPSIS
sq pki path [OPTIONS] FINGERPRINT|KEYID

DESCRIPTION
Verify the specified path.

A path is a sequence of certificates starting at the root, and a User ID. This function checks that each path segment has a valid certification, which also satisfies any constraints (trust amount, trust depth, regular expressions).

If a valid path is not found, then this subcommand also lints the path. In particular, it report if any certifications are insufficient, e.g., not enough trust depth, or invalid, e.g., because they use SHA-1, but the use of SHA-1 has been disabled.

OPTIONS

  Subcommand options

--amount=AMOUNT
    The required amount of trust

    120 indicates full authentication; values less than 120 indicate partial authentication. When `--certification-network` is passed, this defaults to 1200, i.e., this command tries to find 10 paths.

--certification-network
    Treats the network as a certification network

    Normally, the authentication machinery treats the Web of Trust network as an authentication network where a certification only means that the binding is correct, not that the target should be treated as a trusted introducer. In a certification network, the targets of certifications are treated as trusted introducers with infinite depth, and any regular expressions are ignored. Note: The trust amount remains unchanged. This is how most so-called PGP path-finding algorithms work.

--email=EMAIL
    Authenticate the specified email address

    This checks whether it is possible to authenticate the user ID consisting of just specified email address. The user ID does not need to be self signed.

--userid=USERID
    Authenticate the specified user ID

    The specified user ID does not need to be self signed.

--userid-by-email=EMAIL
    Authenticate the self-signed user ID with the specified email address

    This checks whether it is possible to authenticate the self-signed user ID with the specified email address.

    If the certificate is invalid or there is no self-signed user ID with the specified email address, uses a user ID with just the email address.

FINGERPRINT|KEYID
    The path to authenticate

    A path consists of one or more certificates. The first certificate is the root, and the last certificate is the one being authenticated for the specified user ID.

  Global options
See sq(1) for a description of the global options.

EXAMPLES

Verify that Alice ceritified a particular User ID for Bob's certificate.

    sq pki path EB28F26E2739A4870ECC47726F0073F60FD0CBF0 \
        511257EBBF077B7AEDAE5D093F68CB84CE537C9A --userid \
        "Bob <bob@example.org>"

SEE ALSO
sq(1), sq-pki(1).

For the full documentation see <https://book.sequoia-pgp.org/>.

VERSION
1.4.0