Re: Getting new keys (was Re: signing gpg key with old key ...)

[Henrique M Holschuh]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> There are two general problems with a public key infrastructure:
> 
>   - Key distribution (the 'keyserver' line handles this).
>   - Key modification updates.  

See attached script. Modify it for your needs, or write a new one that isn't
such an ugly hack :-)

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

#!/bin/sh
## GNUPG Maintenance script
##

###
### User-defined parameters
###

## Read-Only keyrings
ROKEYRINGS="/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp"

## Keyserver list
#KEYSERVERS="keyring.debian.org wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net wwwkeys.us.pgp.net"
KEYSERVERS="wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net wwwkeys.us.pgp.net"

PROG=`basename $0`

########################################################################

set +e

if test -x /usr/bin/time; then
	TIMECMD=/usr/bin/time
else
	TIMECMD=
fi

runupdate() {
	# Does an update run
	gpg --batch --list-keys --fast-list | grep ^pub\  | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed s/^.*\\/// | xargs -r ${TIMECMD} gpg -q --batch --lock-multiple --recv-key $@
}

## First, update public ring from any readonly keyrings

echo ${PROG}: Updating RW keyring from RO keyrings...
echo ${PROG}: Keyrings: ${ROKEYRINGS}

${TIMECMD} gpg --batch --quiet --fast-import ${ROKEYRINGS}

echo

## Now, refresh key data from dynamic sources

echo ${PROG}: Requesting fresh key data from public keyservers...

for i in ${KEYSERVERS} ; do 
	echo ${PROG}: Keyserver ${i}...
	runupdate --keyserver ${i}
	echo
done

## Now, rebuild database

echo ${PROG}: Rebuilding trust database...
gpg --batch --quiet --update-trustdb

echo ${PROG}: DONE.

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