[R-sig-Debian] Secure apt
Dirk Eddelbuettel
edd at debian.org
Sun Mar 18 14:39:11 CET 2012
On 18 March 2012 at 06:25, Scott Raynaud wrote:
| I am trying to add Michael Rutter's ppa to my
| repository. I cannot do this from the command
| line. I think I may be behind a firewall so copying
| the key to a text file is my best option. When I
| search for the key at
|
| http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/
|
| the search fails. Tried typing and
| cutting and pasting E084DAB9 into
| the search box without success. How
| can I get the key?
By reading up on the underlying 'web of trust' initially built around PGP,
and later GPG which is used here too. The idiomatic approach is to do a
'gpg --search ....' where you also need to specify a server:
edd at max:~$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --search-key E084DAB9
gpg: searching for "E084DAB9" from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
(1) Michael Rutter <marutter at gmail.com>
2048 bit RSA key E084DAB9, created: 2010-10-19
Keys 1-1 of 1 for "E084DAB9". Enter number(s), N)ext, or Q)uit > n
Enter number(s), N)ext, or Q)uit > 1
gpg: requesting key E084DAB9 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
gpg: key E084DAB9: public key "Michael Rutter <marutter at gmail.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
edd at max:~$
Dirk
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