MFPL Shared Keyring

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MFPL uses an OpenPGP encrypted file, that is shared via git, to store root and encrypted disk passphrases.

To help us securely read and create new keys, we use a program called ​keyringer.

Members of the support team can access the keys by following these steps:

• Checkout the keyringer software:

  git clone git://git.sarava.org/keyringer.git
  

• Edit ~/.bashrc and add the following line, which is the path to your bash $PATH variable. After editing ~/.bashrc:

  export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/keyringer"
  

• Source your bash:

  source ~/.bashrc
  

• Initialize the MFPL keyringer. Replace "/path/to/keys" with the path where you want to checkout the MFPL keyring in your filesystem

  keyringer mfpl init /path/to/keys gitosis@git.mayfirst.org:mfpl/keys
  

• Use the bash wrapper script in the MFPL key ringer directory to search for keys. For example, to find the passphrase for assata:

  ./pass assata