doc/vendors.list.5.sgml

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  13    <refentrytitle>vendors.list</>
  14    <manvolnum>5</>
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  17  <!-- Man page title -->
  18  <refnamediv>
  19     <refname>vendors.list</>
  20     <refpurpose>Security key configuration for APT</>
  21  </refnamediv>
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  23  <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
  24    <para>
  25    The package vendor list contains a list of all vendors
  26    from whom you wish to  authenticate  downloaded  packages.
  27    For each vendor listed, it must contain the corresponding
  28    PGP key fingerprint, so that  APT  can  perform  signature
  29    verification  of the release file and subsequent checking
  30    of the checksums of each  downloaded  package.
  31    To have authentication enabled, you must add the
  32    vendor identification string  (see  below) enclosed in
  33    square braces to the sources.list line for all sites that mirror
  34    the repository provided by that vendor.
  35    <para>
  36    The format of this file is similar  to  the  one  used  by
  37    apt.conf.  It consists of an arbitrary number of blocks of
  38    vendors, where each block starts with a string telling the
  39    <replaceable/key_type/ and the <replaceable/vendor_id/.
  40    <para>
  41    Some vendors may have multiple blocks that define different
  42    security policies for their distributions. Debian for instance
  43    uses a different signing methodology for stable and unstable releases.
  44    <para>
  45    <replaceable/key_type/ is the type of the check required.
  46    Currently, there is only one type available which is
  47    <literal/simple-key/.
  48    <para>
  49    <replaceable/vendor_id/ is the vendor identification string. It is an
  50    arbitrary string you must supply to uniquely identifify a
  51    vendor that's listed in this file.
  52
  53    Example:
  54 <informalexample><programlisting>
  55 simple-key "joe"
  56 {
  57    Fingerprint "0987AB4378FSD872343298787ACC";
  58    Name "Joe Shmoe &lt;joe@shmoe.com&gt;";
  59 }
  60 </programlisting></informalexample>
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  62  </RefSect1>
  63
  64  <RefSect1><Title>The simple-key type</>
  65    <para>
  66    This type of verification is used when the vendor has a single
  67    secured key that must be used to sign the Release file. The
  68    following items should be present
  69
  70    <VariableList>
  71      <VarListEntry><Term>Fingerprint</Term>
  72      <ListItem><Para>
  73      The PGP fingerprint for the key. The fingerprint should be
  74      expressed in the standard notion with or without spaces.
  75      The <option/--fingerprint/ option for
  76      <CiteRefEntry><RefEntryTitle><command/gpg/</RefEntryTitle><ManVolNum/1/</CiteRefEntry>
  77      will show the fingerprint for the selected keys(s).
  78      </VarListEntry>
  79
  80      <VarListEntry><Term>Name</Term>
  81      <ListItem><Para>
  82      A string containing a description of the owner of
  83      the  key  or vendor.  You may put the vendor name and it's
  84      email. The string must be quoted with ".
  85      </VarListEntry>
  86
  87    </VariableList>
  88  </RefSect1>
  89
  90  <RefSect1><Title>Files</>
  91    <para>
  92    <filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</>
  93  </RefSect1>
  94
  95  <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
  96    <para>
  97    &sources-list;
  98  </RefSect1>
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