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Re: repository signing keys update HOW?



On 29/03/12 13:08, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20120329_123755, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 29/03/12 12:12, Paul E Condon wrote:
>>> I have forgotten how to install the latest official signing keys for
>>> the package repositories, 


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> 
> I am getting error messages when attempting to update release and
> index files for the repository itself.

I've had various key-signing errors in the past.
Usually part of the error message has been the means of resolving the
error - I've used it to search for the up-to-date keys from various
key-servers

> These are provided, I think, in
> the package debian-keyring (so keys search did not work and I had used
> other means to find this ;-) But on the affected computer debian-keyring
> is shown by aptitude to be not installed. 

I haven't used aptitude for over a decade, but I'd be surprised if it
didn't allow you to ignore authentication if you wish (as apt can).



> So proper updating must have
> stopped when the keys used in the initial install expired. Now I need
> to used some direct means, such as wget, 

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=debian-keyring&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

> or something which I can't
> remember, against a special keyring server, whose URL I also can't
> remember.

hkp://keys.gnupg.net
hkp://pgp.dtype.org
hkp://search.keyserver.net
hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net
hkp://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net


http://keyring.debian.org/

>  I need help remembering. Once I find the page I need, I'm
> sure I will have no trouble understanding, and doing what needs to
> be done.
> 
> And thanks for mentioning (debian-keyring at a minimum) The
> descriptive phrase confirmed my guess that this was the one I needed
> the contents of. I need an alternative method of getting the contents
> since aptitude is in need of new keys to start working again.

Not really - pretty sure it'll work without authorization - but the
links should help you.

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Kind regards


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