On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 22:25 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > While verifying my download of Fedora-34, I encounter this message:
> >    $ gpg --verify-files *-CHECKSUM 
> > gpg: Signature made Fri 23 Apr 2021 12:36:44 PM PDT
> > gpg:                using RSA key
> > 8C5BA6990BDB26E19F2A1A801161AE6945719A39
> > gpg: Good signature from "Fedora (34)
> > <fedora-34-prim...@fedoraproject.org>" [unknown]
> > 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: 8C5B A699 0BDB 26E1 9F2A  1A80 1161 AE69
> > 4571 9A39
> > I surmise this means that my computer's list of trusted signatures
> > needs to be brought up to date (actually it may not even exist).
> >  How
> > can this be done?  A link to info would suffice.
> 
> There's nothing wrong with that output.  The warning is
> simply telling you that the Fedora key isn't signed by a key
> you've marked as trusted.
> 
> As an aside, we (the royal we, as in folks in the Fedora
> community who maintain the website) should change the
> verification step to recommend gpgv rather than the gpg
> command.  It would require making the fedora.gpg a
> de-armored file, but then it the instructions would be
> simpler.

Just as I thought.   So...

How do I mark a key as trusted?  What precautions are needed to be sure
that the key should actually be trusted?


-- 
Thanks - Jonathan Ryshpan <jonr...@pacbell.net>

 Those who have put out the eyes of the people
 reproach them for their blindness. -- Milton
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