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Re: creating a local mirror and package authentication



Questions by Florian Kulzer


> How did you add the mounted DVD image to your sources.list? Did you
> use
> "file:" URIs?

man sources.list | egrep 'deb(-src)? file'
 
I have an apache httpd server running on the remote system and i have
added http address of the server

this is my sources.list
deb http://s1/ETCH4_1/ stable main
deb http://s1/ETCH4_2/ stable main

where s1 is my local network server.


On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 17:03 +0530, Bhasker C V wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   I have small problem authenticating the packages with apt-get
>   I get the warning that the package is not autheticated
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>   dash ash
> Install these packages without verification [y/N]? 
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> 
>   I put the DVD  images on to a server which loop-back mounts the DVD. 
>   I have added   the local server address to the sources.list. 
>   But on the Etch DVD there is no Release.gpg file.
>   Now, how can i avoid the authetication warning without overriding 
>   I do not want to use "APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated 1"
> 
> 
>  OR
>   can i download the GPG keys from the etch website and then have it
>   installed in my machine so that i can avoid the authentication 
>   warning  ? If so can someone point me to the website and the method
>   to import the keys
> 
> thanks
> 
-- 
Bhasker C V
Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org)
The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux.



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