Commit 1ba2211c authored by Konstantin Ryabitsev's avatar Konstantin Ryabitsev Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process: updates to the PGP guide

Small tweaks to the Maintainer PGP guide:

 - Use --quick-addkey command that is compatible between GnuPG-2.2 and
   GnuPG-2.1 (which many people still have)
 - Add a note about the Nitrokey program
 - Warn that some devices can't change the passphrase before there are
   keys on the card (specifically, Nitrokeys)
 - Link to the GnuPG wiki page about gpg-agent forwarding over ssh
 - Tell git to use gpgv2 instead of legacy gpgv when verifying signed
   tags or commits
Signed-off-by: default avatarKonstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 9225e4e0
......@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Our goal is to protect your master key by moving it to offline media, so
if you only have a combined **[SC]** key, then you should create a separate
signing subkey::
$ gpg --quick-add-key [fpr] ed25519 sign
$ gpg --quick-addkey [fpr] ed25519 sign
Remember to tell the keyservers about this change, so others can pull down
your new subkey::
......@@ -450,11 +450,18 @@ functionality. There are several options available:
others. If you want to use ECC keys, your best bet among commercially
available devices is the Nitrokey Start.
.. note::
If you are listed in MAINTAINERS or have an account at kernel.org,
you `qualify for a free Nitrokey Start`_ courtesy of The Linux
Foundation.
.. _`Nitrokey Start`: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrokey-start-6
.. _`Nitrokey Pro`: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitrokey-pro-3
.. _`Yubikey 4`: https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-4-series/
.. _Gnuk: http://www.fsij.org/doc-gnuk/
.. _`LWN has a good review`: https://lwn.net/Articles/736231/
.. _`qualify for a free Nitrokey Start`: https://www.kernel.org/nitrokey-digital-tokens-for-kernel-developers.html
Configure your smartcard device
-------------------------------
......@@ -494,6 +501,12 @@ additionally leak information about your smartcard should you lose it.
Despite having the name "PIN", neither the user PIN nor the admin
PIN on the card need to be numbers.
.. warning::
Some devices may require that you move the subkeys onto the device
before you can change the passphrase. Please check the documentation
provided by the device manufacturer.
Move the subkeys to your smartcard
----------------------------------
......@@ -655,6 +668,20 @@ want to import these changes back into your regular working directory::
$ gpg --export | gpg --homedir ~/.gnupg --import
$ unset GNUPGHOME
Using gpg-agent over ssh
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can forward your gpg-agent over ssh if you need to sign tags or
commits on a remote system. Please refer to the instructions provided
on the GnuPG wiki:
- `Agent Forwarding over SSH`_
It works more smoothly if you can modify the sshd server settings on the
remote end.
.. _`Agent Forwarding over SSH`: https://wiki.gnupg.org/AgentForwarding
Using PGP with Git
==================
......@@ -692,6 +719,7 @@ should be used (``[fpr]`` is the fingerprint of your key)::
tell git to always use it instead of the legacy ``gpg`` from version 1::
$ git config --global gpg.program gpg2
$ git config --global gpgv.program gpgv2
How to work with signed tags
----------------------------
......@@ -731,6 +759,13 @@ If you are verifying someone else's git tag, then you will need to
import their PGP key. Please refer to the
":ref:`verify_identities`" section below.
.. note::
If you get "``gpg: Can't check signature: unknown pubkey
algorithm``" error, you need to tell git to use gpgv2 for
verification, so it properly processes signatures made by ECC keys.
See instructions at the start of this section.
Configure git to always sign annotated tags
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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