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Re: apt authentication?



Under Etch you say, but apt-key is only available in Sid is it not?
Is there no information available about this new policy?
I've done a quick search and there's an Ubuntu advisory about apt authentication in
Hoary Hedgehog but it isn't very helpful.

sebyte

Piszcz, Justin wrote:
> Here is how I fixed it (under Etch)
> 
> ###################################################################
> # COMMANDS TO FIX THESE ERRORS
> ###################################################################
> W: GPG error: http://ftp.nerim.net etch Release: The following
> signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available:
> NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907
> W: GPG error: http://secure-testing.debian.net etch/security-updates
> Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the
> public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 946AA6E18722E71E
> W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
> ###################################################################
> apt-key add /usr/share/apt/debian-archive.gpg
> wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2005.asc
> cat ziyi_key_2005.asc | gpg --import
> gpg --recv-keys 07DC563D1F41B907
> gpg --recv-keys 946AA6E18722E71E
> gpg --armor --export | apt-key add -
> ###################################################################
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Sebastian Tennant
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:20 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: apt authentication?
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Just tried to install a package to solve a problem I'm having with my
> DHCP lease when apt told me something I've never heard it say before:
> 
>   delboy:~$ apt-get install dhcpdump
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree... Done
>   The following extra packages will be installed:
>     libpcap0.8 tcpdump
>   The following NEW packages will be installed:
>     dhcpdump libpcap0.8 tcpdump
>   0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
>   Need to get 394kB of archives.
>   After unpacking 893kB of additional disk space will be used.
>   Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
>   WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>     libpcap0.8 tcpdump dhcpdump
>   Install these packages without verification [y/N]?
>   E: Some packages could not be authenticated
>   delboy:~$
> 
> Is this new and is authentication/verification soon to be applied across
> the whole apt repository?  How does it work exactly?  Do any extra apt
> packages need to be installed?
> 
> sebyte
> 
> 



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