Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> The Web of Trust necessarily depends on participants acting Steve> out of enlightened self-interest. IMHO, signing a public key Steve> of somebody who's already lost the private key is much less of Steve> a concern than signing th

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Jimmy" == Jimmy Kaplowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jimmy> I noticed in your protocol that you say the name on the IDs Jimmy> must match the name on the key. When I had my key signed, I Jimmy> showed ID that had the name "James Kaplowitz", which is my Jimmy> legal name. On my key, I had t

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robbe> Re-read what I said: while I don't care about others signing Robbe> additional ids, I consider ids not signed by the key highly dubious. Robbe> Your compromiser can't add self-signed ids to a public key unless he Robbe> holds the

packages modifying files owned by other packages?

2001-07-02 Thread David Spreen
Hey there, I maintain the lids packages for the debian distribution and I am working on a lids-configurationtool so this becomes more easy to manage for users. What I want to know is, is it allowed to have a configtool, which modifies initscripts and configfiles owned by other packages? so long..

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> The Web of Trust necessarily depends on participants acting Steve> out of enlightened self-interest. IMHO, signing a public key Steve> of somebody who's already lost the private key is much less of Steve> a concern than signing t

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Jimmy" == Jimmy Kaplowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jimmy> I noticed in your protocol that you say the name on the IDs Jimmy> must match the name on the key. When I had my key signed, I Jimmy> showed ID that had the name "James Kaplowitz", which is my Jimmy> legal name. On my key, I had

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robbe> Re-read what I said: while I don't care about others signing Robbe> additional ids, I consider ids not signed by the key highly dubious. Robbe> Your compromiser can't add self-signed ids to a public key unless he Robbe> holds th

packages modifying files owned by other packages?

2001-07-02 Thread David Spreen
Hey there, I maintain the lids packages for the debian distribution and I am working on a lids-configurationtool so this becomes more easy to manage for users. What I want to know is, is it allowed to have a configtool, which modifies initscripts and configfiles owned by other packages? so long.

a new script to the menu system and how to call su (Re: Adding a script to make menu item work)

2001-07-02 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:34:59 +0200 (CEST) "T.Pospisek's MailLists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > If you come up with somethink slightly general I'd be interested in it. I > (am trying to) maintain xxdiff a graphical diff programm which will only > start if it is passed two files as argument. hmm

Re: dpkg-source: unexpected object

2001-07-02 Thread James Troup
"Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can not unpack my own packages anymore... where is the bug, in > dpkg-source, in tar, or in my box? Upgrade to dpkg-dev >= 1.9.15 or downgrade to <= 1.9.10. Usual dpkg SNAFU. -- James

dpkg-source: unexpected object

2001-07-02 Thread Christian T. Steigies
Hi, I have a little problem with dpkg-source (or tar?), was there a change recently? dpkg-source -x hp2xx_3.4.0-2.dsc dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./hp2xx_3.4.0.orig.tar.gz' contains unexpected object listed by tar as `drwxr-xr-x mk/users 0 2001-02-08 14:30:12 hp2xx-3.4.0/'; expected

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread David L. Craig
Steve Langasek wrote: > Indeed, it might be useful to have more of this > second class of ignoramus running around posting their > signed private keys to Usenet; perhaps this way, the > PGP community will begin to seriously deal with the > non-transitive nature of trust on a large scale. H...

a new script to the menu system and how to call su (Re: Adding a script to make menu item work)

2001-07-02 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:34:59 +0200 (CEST) "T.Pospisek's MailLists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > If you come up with somethink slightly general I'd be interested in it. I > (am trying to) maintain xxdiff a graphical diff programm which will only > start if it is passed two files as argument. hm

Re: dpkg-source: unexpected object

2001-07-02 Thread James Troup
"Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can not unpack my own packages anymore... where is the bug, in > dpkg-source, in tar, or in my box? Upgrade to dpkg-dev >= 1.9.15 or downgrade to <= 1.9.10. Usual dpkg SNAFU. -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

dpkg-source: unexpected object

2001-07-02 Thread Christian T. Steigies
Hi, I have a little problem with dpkg-source (or tar?), was there a change recently? dpkg-source -x hp2xx_3.4.0-2.dsc dpkg-source: error: tarfile `./hp2xx_3.4.0.orig.tar.gz' contains unexpected object listed by tar as `drwxr-xr-x mk/users 0 2001-02-08 14:30:12 hp2xx-3.4.0/'; expected

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread David L. Craig
Steve Langasek wrote: > Indeed, it might be useful to have more of this > second class of ignoramus running around posting their > signed private keys to Usenet; perhaps this way, the > PGP community will begin to seriously deal with the > non-transitive nature of trust on a large scale. H..

Re: Need an advocate/sponsor

2001-07-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
If you haven't found a sponsor yet, I'd be glad to take a look. Just get back to me and tell me that this is the case. I'm rather new to Debian myself (just joined in May), but I am familiar with the packaging rules so I should be able to do this. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jul 0

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Are you implying that ensuring the person whose identity you > >> verified actually controls the email address and the secret pass > >> phrase adds no value to the web of trust? > Stev

Re: Need an advocate/sponsor

2001-07-02 Thread Jimmy Kaplowitz
If you haven't found a sponsor yet, I'd be glad to take a look. Just get back to me and tell me that this is the case. I'm rather new to Debian myself (just joined in May), but I am familiar with the packaging rules so I should be able to do this. - Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jul

Re: GPG Key Signing

2001-07-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Steve" == Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Are you implying that ensuring the person whose identity you > >> verified actually controls the email address and the secret pass > >> phrase adds no value to the web of trust? > Ste