X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/6e8b4572fb7d3e575821fe8799ded1c865cd866f..c3ded84c6f99bda4caf63c8662416ffb0189d31b:/doc/apt-key.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml index 3748b5e17..41628aff6 100644 --- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml @@ -1,18 +1,21 @@ - -%aptent; - - -%aptverbatiment; - + %aptent; + %aptverbatiment; + %aptvendor; ]> - &apt-docinfo; - + + &apt-author.jgunthorpe; + &apt-author.team; + &apt-email; + &apt-product; + + 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z + + apt-key 8 @@ -37,19 +40,23 @@ Commands - add &synopsis-param-filename; + - - Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read - from &synopsis-param-filename;, or standard input if - &synopsis-param-filename; is -. + 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 - + from standard input. + + + It is critical that keys added manually via apt-key are + verified to belong to the owner of the repositories they claim to be for + otherwise the &apt-secure; infrastructure is completely undermined. - - del &synopsis-param-keyid; + @@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ - export &synopsis-param-keyid; + @@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ - exportall + @@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ - list + @@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ - finger + @@ -104,43 +111,44 @@ - adv + - - Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the - public key. - + Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you + can e.g. download key from keyservers directly into the the trusted set of + keys. Note that there are no checks performed, so it is + easy to completely undermine the &apt-secure; infrastructure if used without + care. - update + Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid.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 archive-keyring package of your - distribution, e.g. the debian-archive-keyring package in Debian. + distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;. - net-update + - Work similar to the update command above, but get the - archive keyring from an URI instead and validate it against a master key. + Perform an update working similarly to the update 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 and relies on + APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on update instead, but Ubuntu's APT does. @@ -153,8 +161,8 @@ Options Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the previous section. - --keyring &synopsis-param-filename; - With this option it is possible to specify a specific keyring + + 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 trusted.gpg file as well as on all parts in the trusted.gpg.d directory, though trusted.gpg @@ -173,12 +181,12 @@ Local trust database of archive keys. - /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg - Keyring of Debian archive trusted keys. + &keyring-filename; + Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys. - /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-removed-keys.gpg - Keyring of Debian archive removed trusted keys. + &keyring-removed-filename; + Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys.