Re: creating asc key files

2017-04-12 Diskussionsfäden andrew bezella
i'm not 100% sure that this will be helpful, but somewhere in here you might find something useful (apt version 1.2.19)... if you already have the desired key in some form you should be able to either use a gpg command directly (per earlier replies) or `apt-key export` and redirect the output

Re: creating asc key files

2017-04-12 Diskussionsfäden John G Heim
Huh... I guess what I didn't get were a couple of things ... The apt-key command is a sort of shell on top of root's gpg keyring. After you use apt-key, you can run regular gpg commands as root to manipulate the apt keys. (I think). Second, the key identification is pretty open-ended. I just

Re: creating asc key files

2017-04-12 Diskussionsfäden Andreas Heinlein
Am 12.04.2017 um 22:07 schrieb Thomas Lange: > IIRC, I did it using this command > > gpg -a --export --export-options export-clean la...@debian.org > my.asc > > Maye use export-minimal instead of export-clean This will export the key from your personal keyring; the OP wants to export from apt's

Re: creating asc key files

2017-04-12 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
IIRC, I did it using this command gpg -a --export --export-options export-clean la...@debian.org > my.asc Maye use export-minimal instead of export-clean -- regards Thomas

creating asc key files

2017-04-12 Diskussionsfäden John G Heim
Okay, my understanding is that if I put a apt key file in the packages_config directory named with a .asc extension will be used when fai accesses a repository. I know this is not quite an fai question but how do I get the key into a file? I want to have my installs access the ubuntuzilla