Key Management
All basic key management options can be performed through KGpg. To open the key management window mouse button on KGpg's applet. Most options are available with a click on a key. To import/export public keys, you can use drag and drop or the Copy/Paste keyboard shortcuts.
In this example you see a key group containing two keys, two key pairs and three public keys. The third column shows the trust you have in the keys. The first key pair is ultimately trusted and is also set as the default key (bold font) while the second one has expired. Two of the public keys are fully trusted while the trust of the last key is marginal. The last key is expanded, showing it's ElGamal subkey, an additional user id, both also with marginal trust, and some of it's signatures.
Signatures allow navigating through your keyring. Double clicking on a signature or a key shown as member of a group will jump directly to the corresponding primary key.
While the key manager allows you to do general actions with one or multiple keys, key groups or signatures, the key properties window gives you access to a single key. You can reach it by pressing enter in the key manager or double clicking the key.
In this window you can change the key passphrase and expiration of your secret keys. For all keys you can also set the owner trust value.
This value indicates how much you trust the owner of this key to correctly verify the identity of the keys he signs. Taking the owner trust into account gpg creates your own web of trust. You trust the keys you signed. If you assign owner trust to these persons you will also trust the keys they have signed without the need that you first have to sign there keys too.
All changes you make in this dialog are immediately applied to your keyring.
