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bad signature when running aptitude update

When I tried to run aptitude update today, I got the error message

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W: GPG error: ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 010908312D230C5F Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006) <ftpmaster@debian.org>

W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

I'm running Debian Etch. What do I need to do to fix this?

This may work;

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    $ gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 010908312D230C5F

    $ gpg --armor --export 010908312D230C5F | sudo apt-key add -

    $ apt-get update

http://planet-geek.com/archives/2005_12.html

...or maybe this:

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Apparently, as the year had now become 2006, I had to fetch the Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key for 2006. I found directions on how to fix this. All you have to do is run the following:

1. Fetch and import the Debian key for the current year (replacing “2006″ with the current year) by running the following as root (all on one line):

wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2006.asc -O - | apt-key add -

You might get this warning:

gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found

and that should be okay. (The warning is explained in the Debian Wiki.)
2. Check that the key was successfully imported like so (run it as root):

apt-key list

You should see the key you just added:

...
pub 1024D/2D230C5F 2006-01-03 [expires: 2007-02-07]
uid Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (2006)

I tried both of the above suggestions, and the key was listed when I ran

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apt-key list

but it still gives me that error. Other suggestions?

:cry:I get the same thing. My key claims to be up to date. I guess the Debian repository is broken. Weren't they talking about putting in a new server earlier this week? Perhaps that's the problem.

ok, well it's good to know it's not just me then. Hopefully one of us will find an answer.

Here's one third, should be the cleanest :

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apt-get install debian-archive-keyring

which doesn't work either. I get an error about being unable to open the file. I have a feeling their moving servers, as someone suggested above, because apt was unable to find some updates.

This is a common occurance with the 2006 key. All the solutions posted above should have fixed the issue though. However; at the risk of redundancy, please do the following, single line command, as root user:

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gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 2D230C5F ; gpg --export 084750FC01A6D388A643D869010908312D230C5F | apt-key add -

This has worked for everyone I have seen with this problem. Good luck.

it seemd to work fine, until I tried to run

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aptitude update

I then got this output

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Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading extended state information      

Initializing package states... Done

Building tag database... Done      

Get:1 http://apt.cerkinfo.be unstable Release.gpg [191B]      

Hit http://apt.cerkinfo.be unstable Release                    

Hit http://apt.cerkinfo.be unstable/main Packages            

Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg

Hit http://apt.cerkinfo.be unstable/contrib Packages            

Hit ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch Release.gpg                        

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release.gpg

Get:3 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release

Get:4 ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch Release [2864B]

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing Release          

Get:5 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages  

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages    

Get:6 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages

Hit ftp://ftp.nerim.net etch/main Packages

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages

Get:7 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages

Get:8 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Sources

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Sources

Get:9 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources

Get:10 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources

Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources

Get:11 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:12 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages                                                                                          

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:13 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages                                                                                      

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages                                                                                        

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:14 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Sources                                                                                          

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Sources                                                                                              

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:15 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources                                                                                        

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Sources                                                                                          

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:16 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources                                                                                      

Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Sources                                                                                          

  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  ' [IP: 128.101.240.212 21]

Get:17 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release.gpg                                                                                              

Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release.gpg                                                                                                  

Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch Release                                                                                                      

Get:18 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages                                                                                          

Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages                                                                                              

Get:19 ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages                                                                                            

Ign ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages

Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/custom Packages

Hit ftp://ftp.real-time.com etch/main Packages

Fetched 2865B in 13s (213B/s)

Reading package lists... Done

Suggestions?

ok, not getting the error posted above anymore, but running the last suggested command didn't work either.

after importing the key, you need to do apt-get update before aptitude update.

If it's still not working, i would suggest changing the mirror you use...