Why does verifying RPMs that are downloaded from RHN using 'rpm --checksig' returns '(GPG) NOT OK' ?

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Issue

  • Why does verifying RPMs that are downloaded from RHN using 'rpm --checksig' returns '(GPG) NOT OK' ?

    $ rpm --checksig <package_name>.rpm 
<package_name>.rpm: (SHA1) DSA sha1 md5 (GPG) NOT OK (MISSING KEYS:GPG#37017186)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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