<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="pgp-sync">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#pgp-keys"/>

    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-07-03" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.36.1" date="2020-05-20" status="draft"/>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
      <email its:translate="no">aruna.evam@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>Synchronize information present in your local key with the
    corresponding key on a key server.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Synchronize your keys</title>

  <p>PGP keys in your keyring have to be synchronized with a key server to
  ensure that any changes made to the key on the key server, like a new
  signature, are updated in your local copy of the key. Similarly, when you
  change information on your local key copy, like the expiration date, or when
  you sign someone's key, you should synchronize the keys to update the changes
  on the remote copy of the key. You need a working Internet connection to
  synchronize your keys.</p>

  <steps>
    <title>How do I synchronize a key?</title>
    <item>
      <p>Select the PGP key you wish to synchronize.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Press the menu button <gui>☰</gui> in the header bar.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Sync and publish keys…</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click the <gui style="button">Sync</gui> button to synchronize your
      key.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note style="important">
    <title>Why is the <gui style="button">Sync</gui> button not
    clickable?</title>
    <p>Only PGP keys that have been published on a key server can be
    synchronized. If the <gui style="button">Sync</gui> button is not
    clickable, check if the key has been published on a key server. In the case
    of synchronizing your own keys, <link xref="pgp-publish">publish them</link>
    before synchronizing them.</p>
  </note>

</page>
