At the moment, I'm trying to check the fingerprint of the oracle_vbox.asc key that I downloaded from : they provide the key and the fingerprint but no instructions for reviewing this information myself.
How do I show the fingerprint of the key I just downloaded?
apt-key finger oracle_vbox.asc shows the fingerprints of all trusted keys, which isn't what I want.
4 Answers
Get the key:
$ wget Print the key fingerprint with GPG version 1:
$ gpg --with-fingerprint oracle_vbox.asc
pub 1024D/98AB5139 2010-05-18 Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <> Key fingerprint = 7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925 D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139
sub 2048g/281DDC4B 2010-05-18 Key fingerprint = 27B0 97CF 8257 4209 C434 8D42 B674 8A65 281D DC4BNote that the 2nd fingeprint is just the fingerprint of the sub-key.
Print the fingerprint with GPG version 2:
$ gpg2 -n -q --import --import-options import-show oracle_vbox.asc
pub dsa1024 2010-05-18 [SC] 7B0FAB3A13B907435925D9C954422A4B98AB5139
uid Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <>
sub elg2048 2010-05-18 [E]Note that -n is an alias for --dry-run, i.e. the key isn't actually imported.
Alternatively, to just display the fingerprints:
$ gpg2 -nq --import --import-options import-show --with-colons oracle_vbox.asc \ | awk -F: '$1 == "fpr" { print $10 }'
7B0FAB3A13B907435925D9C954422A4B98AB5139
27B097CF82574209C4348D42B6748A65281DDC4BStep 1
$ deb artful contrib
Step 2
$ wget -q -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Step 3
$ apt-key listor, equivalently,
$ apt-key fingerwhich should return
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg
--------------------
pub rsa4096 2016-04-22 [SC] B9F8 D658 297A F3EF C18D 5CDF A2F6 83C5 2980 AECF
uid [ unknown] Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <>
sub rsa4096 2016-04-22 [E]which in turn should be equivalent to
The key fingerprint for oracle_vbox_2016.asc is
B9F8 D658 297A F3EF C18D 5CDF A2F6 83C5 2980 AECF Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <>
on , either by visual inspection or further command line fu.
Related links:
1This works with GPG 2 (at least I could check it with versions 2.1.18 and 2.2.12):
wget
gpg_home=$(mktemp -d)
gpg --homedir "$gpg_home" --import oracle_vbox.asc
# gpg: keybox '/tmp/tmp.CHoWuJBy7N/pubring.kbx' created
# gpg: /tmp/tmp.CHoWuJBy7N/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
# gpg: key 54422A4B98AB5139: public key "Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <>" imported
# gpg: Total number processed: 1
# gpg: imported: 1
gpg --homedir "$gpg_home" --list-keys
# /tmp/tmp.CHoWuJBy7N/pubring.kbx
# -------------------------------
# pub dsa1024 2010-05-18 [SC]
# 7B0FAB3A13B907435925D9C954422A4B98AB5139
# uid [ unknown] Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <>
# sub elg2048 2010-05-18 [E]
# Source:
You have both the key and the fingerprint? Run:
ssh-keygen -lf key.pubagainst the key to get the fingerprint.
ssh-keygen reference:
