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RounakDutta

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Registered: 2022-02-11

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[SOLVED] How to properly use gnupg ?

I am a complete noob in gnupg. Today I downloaded whonix so I downloader the .sig and .asc file to verify whether the whonix signature from the developer is good or bad. Which is a very Important step.
So I did this -

 [rounak@archissexy ~]$ ls 
 Desktop   Downloads   lmao.zip  'VirtualBox VMs'   yay
[rounak@archissexy ~]$ cd Downloads/
[rounak@archissexy Downloads]$ ls
tails-amd64-4.29.img      Whonix-XFCE-16.0.4.2.ova.asc
tails-amd64-4.29.img.sig  Whonix-XFCE-16.0.4.2.sha512sums.sig
Whonix-XFCE-16.0.4.2.ova
[rounak@archissexy Downloads]$ gpg --verify Whonix-XFCE-16.0.4.2.ova.asc
gpg: assuming signed data in 'Whonix-XFCE-16.0.4.2.ova'
gpg: Signature made Thu 17 Feb 2022 07:22:10 AM IST
gpg:                using RSA key 6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
[rounak@archissexy Downloads]$ 

instead of telling the signature is good or bad it shows

 gpg: Can't check signature: No public key

I don't know why. Can anyone help me on this ?

Last edited by RounakDutta (2022-04-24 07:27:08)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] How to properly use gnupg ?

Is the key 6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48 in the keyring you are using to veryfiy the file?

gpg --list-key 6E979B28A6F37C43BE30AFA1CB8D50BB77BB3C48

If not you need to obtain the key.

RounakDutta

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From: West Bengal, India

Registered: 2022-02-11

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Re: [SOLVED] How to properly use gnupg ?

Oh ok Thanks for helping !!!! It works now marking the post as solved.

Last edited by RounakDutta (2022-04-24 07:28:05)