Matthew Flaschen wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for pointing this problem out to me. How do I fix it? I >> don't sign my emails that much but when I do I'd like a valid signature >> to show up. Clearly I'm doing something wrong. >> > > The basic issue is that not all keyservers "know" about the update. For > instance, pgp.mit.edu did not when I checked: > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys C2C60518; gpg --list-keys C2C60518 > gpg: requesting key C2C60518 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu > gpg: key C2C60518: "Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) > <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" not changed > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > gpg: unchanged: 1 > pub 1024D/C2C60518 2008-01-19 [expired: 2009-01-18] > uid Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > However, the server you used did: > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys C2C60518; gpg --list-keys > C2C60518 > gpg: requesting key C2C60518 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net > gpg: key C2C60518: "Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) > <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" 2 new signatures > gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model > gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > gpg: new signatures: 2 > pub 1024D/C2C60518 2008-01-19 [expires: 2010-02-21] > uid Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > This can be remedied by sending to the uninformed keyservers. > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-keys C2C60518 > gpg: sending key C2C60518 to hkp server pgp.mit.edu > > Then, we see pgp.mit.edu is now aware of the update. > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys C2C60518; gpg --list-keys C2C60518 > gpg: requesting key C2C60518 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu > gpg: key C2C60518: "Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) > <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" not changed > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > gpg: unchanged: 1 > pub 1024D/C2C60518 2008-01-19 [expires: 2010-02-21] > uid Robert L. Cochran (Greenbelt) <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Of course, the key servers ordinarily share keys amongst themselves > every so often. But a manual update can't hurt. > > Matt Flaschen > Thanks, Matt! I understand now. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
