Jesse Waters wrote: >Hello all, > >trying to do the below command. > > yum --installroot=/mnt groupinstall base > >i receive this error message. > >"You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing. >However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download >the keys for packages you wish to install and install them. >You can do that by running the command: > rpm --import public.gpg.key" > > >I have already imported the gpg keys in: >/usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG* >/usr/share/doc/centos-release-4/RPM-GPG* > >I can yum install <package> without issue >but when I try the groupinstall option it fails > >any suggestions? > > the rpmdb hosted inside the chroot needs the key,... Easy workaround is to have a custom yum.conf file, with the gpgcheck disabled ( and therefore you should use a secure, known good repository for the packages, maybe even a local mirror that you run yourself ). Other option, is to import the key into the correct place with 'rpm --root <path to root> --import <gpg key>' - K