Re: gpg says no user ID

[Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:17:25PM -0500, Thomas George wrote:
> I am still trying to do a fully verified installation of debian-11.5.0.
> 
> gpg --verify SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS responded with DF98...BE9B
> 
> gpg --recv-keys DF98...BE9B responded key DF98...BE9B: new key but contains
> no user ID - skipped.
> 
> Another source suggested gpg --key-server keyring.debian.org --recv-keys
> long numeric key
> 
> but this responded invalid option --key-server
> 

sorry that was a typo.
gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys ...
would be correct.


> The gpg man page is beyond me, I need help
> 

Well,
gpg is very complex software now. And the man page tries to be
all-encompassing. So it seems daunting to look at the man pages.
But I still would encourage anybody to use the manpages to better
understand and use their tools.
Which the will also tell you that --keyserver is deprecated (even though it
still should work as intended for your use case). dirmanager these days is
responsible for managing key/certificate dependencies.

Good luck,

-H

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