On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:09:33 +0000, shirish शिरीष<shirisha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear all, > >I am sharing a specific key so it's simple and easy to show - > > $ apt-key list > > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-archive-jessie-security-automatic.gpg > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > pub rsa4096 2014-11-21 [SC] [expires: 2022-11-19] > D211 6914 1CEC D440 F2EB 8DDA 9D6D 8F6B C857 C906 > uid [ unknown] Debian Security Archive Automatic Signing >Key (8/jessie) <ftpmas...@debian.org> > > $ sudo apt-key del D21169141CECD440F2EB8DDA9D6D8F6BC857C906 > [sudo] password for shirish: > OK > >Again running the apt-key list tells me that the key is no longer >there. > >I tried it with some different keys if using the short keycode for >e.g. if just using the first 8 alphanumeric keys it works, but found >it doesn't. > I am not 100% sure I am understanding you correctly, but the short keyID for a gpg key is the _last_ 8 characters and not the 8 first - With the key you describe above, the short keyID is C857C906. This might be the cause of your confusion. And in addition to this, see https://gwolf.org/node/4070 best -- Andreas Rönnquist mailingli...@gusnan.se andr...@ronnquist.net
