Installing The Red Hat Gpg Key - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

4.3.1. Installing the Red Hat GPG key

The first time you run the graphical version of the Red Hat Update Agent, it prompts you to install
the Red Hat GPG key. This key is required to authenticate the packages downloaded from Red Hat
Network. If you run the command line version the first time you start Red Hat Update Agent, you
must install the Red Hat GPG key manually. If you do not have it installed, you will see the following
message:
Your GPG keyring does not contain the Red Hat, Inc. public key.
Without it, you will be unable to verify that packages Update Agent
downloads
are securely signed by Red Hat.
Note
GPG keys must be installed for each user. To install the key to use with Red Hat Network,
import the key while logged in as root.
The method for installing the key varies depending on your version of RPM. Starting with version 4.1,
which shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, you may use RPM to import GPG keys. Issue the
following command at a shell prompt as root:
rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpm-4.1/RPM-GPG-KEY
For older versions of RPM, such as the one that came with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, use the gpg
command (as root):
/usr/bin/gpg --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
To download the Red Hat GPG key first, you may obtain it from
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key.html
. Here's an example:
Type bits/keyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/650D5882 2001-11-21 Red Hat, Inc. (Security Response Team)
sub 2048g/7EAB9AFD 2001-11-21
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)
mQGiBDv70vQRBADh701rf8WUzDG88kqlV/N5KQ1PF0amnODB/1EeuAD7n6bCBRmV
ekQWJCdfab0Rf1S+VsFg6IAAAmDIarVnacTLQzqCdGJqTpXm/rGVpLv+mCh+OmT9
QRFbjSzB0uPJOpiIvJwSS00D/wJ8XKzHkVNgW3DiJ9Qz2BHYszU2ISI6FwCgxY6d
IVjWT5jblkLNjtD3+fR024ED/i0e2knetTX3S9LjC+HdGvP8Eds92Ti2CnJLaFJk
Rp749PucnK9mzxPcO2jSHgdtjWAXst/st+gWFVbFmkjBQDVSd00B/xEwI1T1+LN8
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https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key.html
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