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#1 2025-08-26 21:10:19
- thefinn
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Back when i installed arch, i just ignored the PGP... what now?
Hi. As per the title, I did not understand every step of my arch install, but I vaguely remember having said "Y" to a PGP key at some point (at which time I did not really know what a PGP key even was). Now that I've been reading up on PGP keys, I realize that maybe I *shouldn't* have ignored that part of the install after all.
My question is: is there a way for me to resurface the key that I mindlessly said "Y" to?
For a bonus question, I'm also not fully sure what to do with it once I get it, but this I gather I can look up much more easily than my first question (which I haven't even found anyone online having the prerequisite problem for...).
Thanks.
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#2 2025-08-26 22:17:17
- seth
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Re: Back when i installed arch, i just ignored the PGP... what now?
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#3 2025-08-26 22:25:42
- thefinn
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Re: Back when i installed arch, i just ignored the PGP... what now?
Thanks 
I visited that page, but without knowing I was supposed to be there I found it hard to decipher its relevance to my specific problem. Just getting pointed in that direction is a massive help.
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#4 2025-08-26 23:42:11
- seth
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Re: Back when i installed arch, i just ignored the PGP... what now?
It's merely speculation about what you might have said "Y", creating the master key is pretty much the only "PGP" related step during the installation.
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