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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-10-15 09:35:52 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-11-04 18:04:01 +0100 |
| commit | 002b1bc46b18e9d309d337ddb15a6ccdfb6c9dde (patch) | |
| tree | 4ba630b34486aa6fcbc90ec5a117f01b24bdf0b7 /doc/apt-key.8.xml | |
| parent | f18f2338a17d3037ac0d6f81a7f1a37df6eaca01 (diff) | |
refer to apt-secure(8) in unsecure repositories warning
The manpage is also slightly updated to work better as a central hub to
push people from all angles into the right directions without writting a
book disguised as an error message.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-key.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-key.8.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml index 1d91790ea..41628aff6 100644 --- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml @@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ &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> @@ -110,10 +114,11 @@ <varlistentry><term><option>adv</option></term> <listitem> <para> - - Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the - public key. - + 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> |