On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 08:48 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:43 +0100, Andrew Taylor wrote:
> > My recipients get a message stating: "Valid signature but cannot
> > verify sender.
> > 
> > When I click on the key icon I get the following:
> > 
> > gpg: armour header: Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
> > gpg: Signature made Mon 22 Sep 2008 12:39:44 BST using DSA key ID
> > <deleted>
> > gpg: using PGP trust model
> > gpg: Good signature from "Andrew "Ampers" Taylor (Dated 1st
> September
> > 2008) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
> > gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
> > gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to
> the
> > owner.
> > Primary key fingerprint: FBAA 4578 313F C31B FEF3  A804 6A9E 3CAE
> E031
> > 0EF1
> > gpg: binary signature, digest algorithm SHA1
> > 
> > Any clues? I recently had to reload Ubuntu onto my PC.
> 
> It just means that your key isn't signed by anyone trusted by the
> recipients (such as yourself). You either need to exchange signatures
> with them, preferrably using some out-of-band mechanism such as direct
> contact, or have a mutually trusted third party do it. Read up on the
> "web of trust" in the GPG docs.

As Patrick points out, this is appropriate behavior.  What it is saying
is that this is a valid signature, based on the person who uploaded the
key, but there is no proof that the person who uploaded the key is
really you.


-- 
Art Alexion
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