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- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!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;
+
]>
<refentry>
- &apt-docinfo;
-
+ <refentryinfo>
+ &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
+ &apt-author.team;
+ &apt-email;
+ &apt-product;
+ <!-- The last update date -->
+ <date>2012-05-21T00:00:00Z</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>apt-key</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<!-- Man page title -->
<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>Commands</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>add <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>add</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
-
- 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>.
+ 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>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>del <replaceable>keyid</replaceable></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>del</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>export <replaceable>keyid</replaceable></term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>export</option> <option>&synopsis-param-keyid;</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Output the key <replaceable>keyid</replaceable> to standard output.
+ Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>exportall</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>exportall</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>list</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>list</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>finger</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ List fingerprints of trusted keys.
- <varlistentry><term>update</term>
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Update the local keyring with the keyring of Debian archive
- keys and removes from the keyring the archive keys which are no
- longer valid.
+ Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the
+ public key.
+
+ </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 <literal>debian-archive-keyring</literal> package in Debian.
+
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>net-update</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ Work similar to the <command>update</command> command above, but get the
+ archive keyring from an 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 and relies on
+ <command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does.
</para>
</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 specific 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>
- <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added here.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+
+ &file-trustedgpg;
<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename></term>
<listitem><para>Local trust database of archive keys.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
-
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
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