What's the proper way to make a key truested?

JW jw@centraltexasit.com
Mon May 20 19:16:02 2002


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HH >> I just imported a friend's GPG key -- the first one I've imported i=
n
HH >> a while -- and I cannot make it trusted. I ran gpg --edit 56791C97
HH >> tried 'trust' '4' (full trust) save (to which is said nothign neede=
d
HH >> to be saved) and closed.
HH >
HH >I'm new to GPG, but as to my understanding you have to sign the Key t=
o
HH >trust it. The "trust" you have edited is how much you trust the key
HH >(that is, the owner of the key) to introduce other keys to you.

Wow, that's drastic (though understandable).=20

Can anyone confirm this?

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Jonathan Wilson
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Clickpatrol.com
Cedar Creek Software     http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
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