disable updating insecure repositories in apt by default

[apt.git] / doc / apt-key.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
index 62686618a348a9f7308a7e7451c965fbbec0b30c..41628aff6e52c38e3a240c5e3f4e152d065b9245 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
-
-<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
-%aptent;
-
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
+<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;

 ]>
 
 <refentry>
 ]>
 
 <refentry>

- &apt-docinfo;
- 
+ <refentryinfo>
+   &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
+   &apt-author.team;
+   &apt-email;
+   &apt-product;
+   <!-- The last update date -->
+   <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

+   <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>

  </refmeta>
  
  <!-- Man page title -->
  </refmeta>
  
  <!-- Man page title -->


@@ -21,14 +28,7 @@
     <refpurpose>APT key management utility</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
     <refpurpose>APT key management utility</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 

- <!-- Arguments -->
- <refsynopsisdiv>
-   <cmdsynopsis>
-      <command>apt-key</command>
-      <arg><replaceable>command</replaceable>/</arg>
-      <arg rep="repeat"><option><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></option></arg>
-   </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
+ &synopsis-command-apt-key;

 
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para>
 
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para>


@@ -40,45 +40,164 @@
 
 <refsect1><title>Commands</title>
    <variablelist>
 
 <refsect1><title>Commands</title>
    <variablelist>

-     <varlistentry><term>add <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+     <varlistentry><term><option>add</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>

      <listitem>
      <para>
      <listitem>
      <para>

+       Add a new key to the list of trusted keys.
+       The key is read from the filename given with the parameter
+       &synopsis-param-filename; or if the filename is <literal>-</literal>
+       from standard input.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+     It is critical that keys added manually via <command>apt-key</command> are
+     verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for
+     otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined.
+     </para>
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>del</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+       Remove a key from the list of trusted keys.

 
 

-       Add a new key to the list of trusted keys.  The key is read
-       from <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, or standard input if
-       <replaceable>filename</replaceable> is <literal>-</literal>.

      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 

-     <varlistentry><term>del <replaceable>keyid</replaceable></term>
+     <varlistentry><term><option>export</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>

      <listitem>
      <para>
 
      <listitem>
      <para>
 

-       Remove a key from the list of trusted keys.
+        Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output.
+
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>exportall</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+        Output all trusted keys to standard output.

 
      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
 
      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 

-     <varlistentry><term>list</term>
+     <varlistentry><term><option>list</option></term>

      <listitem>
      <para>
 
        List trusted keys.
      <listitem>
      <para>
 
        List trusted keys.

+

      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      </para>
 
      </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

+     
+     <varlistentry><term><option>finger</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+     List fingerprints of trusted keys.
+
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     
+     <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+     Pass advanced options to gpg. With <command>adv --recv-key</command> you
+     can e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of
+     keys. Note that there are <emphasis>no</emphasis> checks performed, so it is
+     easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without
+     care.
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>update</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+       Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from
+       the local keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid.
+       The archive keyring is shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your
+       distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;.
+
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+     
+     <varlistentry><term><option>net-update</option></term>
+     <listitem>
+     <para>
+
+       Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command above,
+       but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it against a master key.
+
+       This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build configured to have
+       a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate.
+
+       APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on
+       <command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does.
+
+     </para>
+
+     </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Options</title>
+<para>Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the previous section.</para>
+   <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry><term><option>--keyring</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
+      <listitem><para>With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring
+      file the command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed
+      on the <filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the
+      <filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though <filename>trusted.gpg</filename>
+      is the primary keyring which means that e.g. new keys are added to this one.
+      </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Files</title>
+   <variablelist>
+
+     &file-trustedgpg;
+
+     <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename></term>
+     <listitem><para>Local trust database of archive keys.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>&keyring-filename;</term>
+     <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>&keyring-removed-filename;</term>
+     <listitem><para>Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+

    </variablelist>
    </variablelist>

+

 </refsect1>
 
 </refsect1>
 

-<!--  <refsect1><title>See Also</title> -->
-<!--    <para> -->
-<!--    &apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list; -->
-<!--  </refsect1> -->
+<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
+<para>
+&apt-get;, &apt-secure;
+</para>
+</refsect1>

 
  &manbugs;
  &manauthor;
 
  &manbugs;
  &manauthor;