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b3d44315 1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
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2<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
5<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
6<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
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7]>
8
9<refentry>
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10 <refentryinfo>
11 &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
12 &apt-author.team;
13 &apt-email;
14 &apt-product;
15 <!-- The last update date -->
dabb215c 16 <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
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17 </refentryinfo>
18
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19 <refmeta>
20 <refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle>
21 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
f0599b9c 22 <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
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23 </refmeta>
24
25 <!-- Man page title -->
26 <refnamediv>
27 <refname>apt-key</refname>
28 <refpurpose>APT key management utility</refpurpose>
29 </refnamediv>
30
6e8b4572 31 &synopsis-command-apt-key;
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32
33 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
34 <para>
35 <command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used
36 by apt to authenticate packages. Packages which have been
37 authenticated using these keys will be considered trusted.
38 </para>
39</refsect1>
40
41<refsect1><title>Commands</title>
42 <variablelist>
2b9b27c3 43 <varlistentry><term><option>add</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
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44 <listitem>
45 <para>
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46 Add a new key to the list of trusted keys.
47 The key is read from the filename given with the parameter
48 &synopsis-param-filename; or if the filename is <literal>-</literal>
49 from standard input.
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50 </para>
51
52 </listitem>
53 </varlistentry>
54
2b9b27c3 55 <varlistentry><term><option>del</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>
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56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58
59 Remove a key from the list of trusted keys.
60
61 </para>
62
63 </listitem>
64 </varlistentry>
65
2b9b27c3 66 <varlistentry><term><option>export</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>
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67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69
6e8b4572 70 Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output.
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71
72 </para>
73
74 </listitem>
75 </varlistentry>
76
2b9b27c3 77 <varlistentry><term><option>exportall</option></term>
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78 <listitem>
79 <para>
80
81 Output all trusted keys to standard output.
82
83 </para>
84
85 </listitem>
86 </varlistentry>
87
2b9b27c3 88 <varlistentry><term><option>list</option></term>
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89 <listitem>
90 <para>
91
92 List trusted keys.
d2793259 93
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94 </para>
95
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96 </listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98
2b9b27c3 99 <varlistentry><term><option>finger</option></term>
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100 <listitem>
101 <para>
102
103 List fingerprints of trusted keys.
104
105 </para>
106
107 </listitem>
108 </varlistentry>
109
2b9b27c3 110 <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term>
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111 <listitem>
112 <para>
113
114 Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the
115 public key.
116
117 </para>
118
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119 </listitem>
120 </varlistentry>
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2b9b27c3 122 <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
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123 <listitem>
124 <para>
125
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126 Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from
127 the local keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid.
128 The archive keyring is shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your
694ef56e 129 distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;.
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130
131 </para>
132
133 </listitem>
134 </varlistentry>
f37e6374 135
2b9b27c3 136 <varlistentry><term><option>net-update</option></term>
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137 <listitem>
138 <para>
139
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140 Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command above,
141 but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it against a master key.
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142
143 This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build configured to have
144 a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate.
145
6072cbe1 146 APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on
00c6e1a3 147 <command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does.
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148
149 </para>
150
151 </listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
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153 </variablelist>
154</refsect1>
155
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156 <refsect1><title>Options</title>
157<para>Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the previous section.</para>
158 <variablelist>
2b9b27c3 159 <varlistentry><term><option>--keyring</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
6072cbe1 160 <listitem><para>With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring
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161 file the command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed
162 on the <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the
2130caa8 163 <filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though <filename>trusted.gpg</filename>
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164 is the primary keyring which means that e.g. new keys are added to this one.
165 </para></listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167 </variablelist>
168 </refsect1>
169
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170 <refsect1><title>Files</title>
171 <variablelist>
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172
173 &file-trustedgpg;
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174
175 <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename></term>
176 <listitem><para>Local trust database of archive keys.</para></listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
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179 <varlistentry><term>&keyring-filename;</term>
180 <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys.</para></listitem>
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181 </varlistentry>
182
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183 <varlistentry><term>&keyring-removed-filename;</term>
184 <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
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185 </varlistentry>
186
b3d44315 187 </variablelist>
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189</refsect1>
190
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191<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
192<para>
193&apt-get;, &apt-secure;
194</para>
195</refsect1>
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196
197 &manbugs;
198 &manauthor;
199
200</refentry>
201