Re: Obtaining private key
Thank you,
Now I understand.
Tom
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Saturday, May 16, 2020 6:36 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> On 5/16/20 2:55 AM, Thomas Grzybowski wrote:
>
> > So, if I understand this correctly, I need a private key from a developer in order to
> > compile packages with this tool? (probably other tools as well).
>
> No, you need to create your own private and public keys [1].
>
> > My question is: how do I obtain such a key?
>
> You don't.
>
> > Does someone here volunteer a key or is there a process?
>
> There is no process. If any developer gave you his private key, you would
> immediately get upload access to all of Debian and you would be able
> to read any encrypted messages sent to him.
>
> Asking for someone's private key is like asking for their ID card
> or their apartment keys.
>
> You need to create your own key pair, add the private key to DAK
> and the public key on the target system APT keyring.
>
> Adrian
>
> > [1] https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/c14.html
>
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