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kormpu

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Registered: 2020-08-18

Posts: 30

[SOLVED] What else can I try to be able to recieve GPG keys?

GPG stopped being able to receive keys for some reason a couple months ago which has forced me to use flags for skipping checks which I know is not a good idea.

I have tried the default, ubuntu's, and mit's keyservers, and none of them seem to work for me.
for ex. I ran `gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys A328C3A2C3C45C06`
and it will error out with `gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure`

I have also tried to refresh my keyring by running `sudo pacman-key --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --refresh-keys`, but that also errors out with the following:

gpg: refreshing 130 keys from hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: keyserver refresh failed: Server indicated a failure
==> ERROR: A specified local key could not be updated from a keyserver.

So what else should I try at this point?

Last edited by kormpu (2020-12-25 15:32:38)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 19,037

Re: [SOLVED] What else can I try to be able to recieve GPG keys?

What if you add the protocol:

gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys A328C3A2C3C45C06

If that fails

gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys A328C3A2C3C45C06

kormpu

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Registered: 2020-08-18

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED] What else can I try to be able to recieve GPG keys?

The above worked, but for whatever reason I'm still unable to fully refresh my keyring.

gpg: refreshing 130 keys from hkp://pgp.mit.edu
gpg: keyserver refresh failed: No keyserver available
==> ERROR: A specified local key could not be updated from a keyserver.

kormpu

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Registered: 2020-08-18

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED] What else can I try to be able to recieve GPG keys?

I am able to update using flags to skip the checks but I would like to use the keys for what they are there for.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] What else can I try to be able to recieve GPG keys?

Is there error for updating your user's keyring or pacman's  keyring?

sudo pacman-key --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --refresh-keys

Would update pacman's keyring not your users.