[Spacewalk-list] Error on scheduled package install

[John Hodrien]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Tom Brown wrote:

>
>>
>> Try importing GPG key in RPM keyring with:
>>
>> rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
>>
> should this be on server or client?

This should be done on the client.  Clients should have gpg keys imported for
all the packages that spacewalk can throw at them.

>> Also, you can disable GPG check in Spacewalk:
>>
>> # grep useGPG /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
>> useGPG[comment]=Use GPG to verify package integrity
>> useGPG=0
>>
>> Also, disable this in yum-rhn-plugin config:
>>
>> # cat /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf
>> [main]
>> enabled = 1
>> gpgcheck = 0
>
> i presume this needs doing on each client?

Unless you've got a really good reason to disable GPG checking, I'd encourage
you to leave it enabled.

jh

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