> On Thursday 17 October 2002 9:20 am, Angus Auld did speak unto the huddled > masses, saying: > > > I just installed the "wallpaper-0.1-3tex.i586.rpm" from texstar, and when > > I urpmi'd the package, I was told that it had a "bad signature", and > > asked if I wanted to continue anyway. Just what does it mean that the > > signature was bad? Why would a package from tex have a bad sig? > > the sotware manager now allows you to check the gpg sig to make sure your > packages are from whom the y claim to be. it is an extra security measure, > but you don't need it. > > you have to add the creators of your packages to your roots key ring for it > to work. if you haven't done this, packages not from mandrake will give > this error, but should work fine. > > if you are interested in PGP and GPG security though, it is a useful tool > for the paranoid (he says as he signs his message. ;-) > > - -- > If someone tells you they possess the truth, listen carefully. If they tell > you they possess the *only* truth, run for your life. > > shane > Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 > Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ > Registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9rkHCBwq+ZwvIN/oRAlAHAJ9l/m5p5JtPaFsJUdzsJ0fdmTSqawCfRPUF > bb7l3BqE1lrmBMh5wyTjP2M= > =VzsA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ********************************************************* Thanks for clearing that up Shane. That explains it, except that some of the packages from tex don't bring the same warning :-/ Maybe they had no gpg sig?
I'm not paranoid, but after using a MS OS for a while, you can start to think that everyone is out to get you. ;-) All the best. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber ************************* *Reg. Linux User #278931* ************************* Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0 PS. Your sig about "truth" contains a profound truth. Well said ;-). -- __________________________________________________________ Download the FREE Opera browser at www.opera.com/download/ Free OperaMail at http://www.operamail.com/ Powered by Outblaze
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