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how to provide valid signatures for synaptic?

Asked by PeterMac

When updating Synaptic, errors are received;
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W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://ftp.iinet.net.au hardy Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 2

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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I can't find information on how to verify the signature, even tho a number of signature keys are present.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Peter
  Ubuntu 8.04, Acer Travelmate.
  Synaptic used with Apt-cacher on local server.

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Tony Mugan (tmugan) said : 		#1

I'd recommend that you update your software sources to find the best servers for your location.
This will mean faster downloads of updates and software.

Go to System menu, Administration and choose Software Sources.

Where it says "Download From" select "Other" and click on the "Best Server" button.

This will run some tests and select the nearest server for you.

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Inox (inox) said : 		#2

wget http://real_address/gpg.txt -O- | sudo apt-key add -

or

gpg --keyserver realserver.com --recv-keys FINGERPRINT
gpg --armor --export FINGERPRINT | sudo apt-key add -

FINGERPRINT (hexadecimal format)

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