output from a forced refresh on an add'l-repo-loaded dev machine: timestamp of exec date Thu Nov 20 07:52:12 PST 2014 noting the key intake(s), zypper -vvv --gpg-auto-import-keys --no-gpg-checks ref --force 2>&1 out.txt grep -i warning out.txt -A0 -B1 Entering 'no-gpg-checks' mode. ... -- Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ..........................................................................................[done] Warning: Accepting file 'repomd.xml' from repository 'SvrMonitor' signed with an unknown key 'A5C23697EE454F98'. -- Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ...........................................................................................[done] Warning: Accepting file 'repomd.xml' from repository 'SystemsMgmt' signed with an unknown key '2ABFA143A0E46E11'. -- ... then, < 1 hr later, date Thu Nov 20 08:36:13 PST 2014 zypper -vvv ref ... Checking whether to refresh metadata for SvrMonitor Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ..........................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ..........................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml.asc ......................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key ......................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ..........................................................................................[done] File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'SvrMonitor' is signed with an unknown key 'A5C23697EE454F98'. Continue? [yes/no] (no): y Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/monitoring/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/740353b95c3ed8066c80e50837a5a59aca91b0beb11a1f0c357041ac91571863-primary.xml.gz .......[done (188.7 KiB/s)] Retrieving repository 'SvrMonitor' metadata ...........................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Building repository 'SvrMonitor' cache ................................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Checking whether to refresh metadata for SystemsMgmt Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ...........................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ...........................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml.asc .......................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml.key .......................................................................................[done] Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/repomd.xml ...........................................................................................[done] File 'repomd.xml' from repository 'SystemsMgmt' is signed with an unknown key '2ABFA143A0E46E11'. Continue? [yes/no] (no): y Retrieving: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_13.2/repodata/14fd48eec25bab337b095c7d09d43b0fd9484e91eabf13f374f514de1d22c8e5-primary.xml.gz ......................[done] Retrieving repository 'SystemsMgmt' metadata ..........................................................................................................................................................................................[done] Building repository 'SystemsMgmt' cache ...............................................................................................................................................................................................[done] ... note that the re-retreived KeyIDs are the *same*