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author | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-03 07:45:20 +0000 |
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committer | Werner Koch <[email protected]> | 2014-09-03 07:45:20 +0000 |
commit | a94674c54e774803a2efba36b962f3b95f8ebb14 (patch) | |
tree | 9b377f9820e4eacd1377a78c92642e45f0b900d1 | |
parent | doc: Typo fix (diff) | |
download | gnupg-a94674c54e774803a2efba36b962f3b95f8ebb14.tar.gz gnupg-a94674c54e774803a2efba36b962f3b95f8ebb14.zip |
doc: Remove some stuff for the very incomplete instguide.
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diff --git a/doc/instguide.texi b/doc/instguide.texi index d6815e209..aff39556c 100644 --- a/doc/instguide.texi +++ b/doc/instguide.texi @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include brief information on how to set up the whole thing. Please watch the GnuPG website for updates of the documentation. In the meantime you may search the GnuPG mailing list archives or ask on the gnupg-users mailing listsfor advise on how to solve problems or how to -get that whole thing up and running. +get that whole thing up and running. ** Building the software @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ that you are already reading this documentation we can only give some extra hints To comply with the rules on GNU systems you should have build time -configured @command{dirmngr} using: +configured @command{gnupg} using: @example ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var @@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ the binaries get installed. If you selected to use the the default then. - -** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted - - -Such questions may also help to write a proper installation guide. - -[to be written] - - -XXX Tell how to setup the system, install certificates, how dirmngr relates -to GnuPG etc. - -** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted +** Notes on setting a root CA key to trusted X.509 is based on a hierarchical key infrastructure. At the root of the tree a trusted anchor (root certificate) is required. There are usually @@ -64,28 +52,26 @@ contains a few root certificates. Most installations will need more. @item Let @command{gpgsm} ask you whether you want to insert a new root -certificate. To enable this feature you need to set the option -@option{allow-mark-trusted} into @file{gpg-agent.conf}. In general it -is not a good idea to do it this way. Checking whether a root -certificate is really trustworthy requires decisions, which casual -users are not up to. Thus, by default this option is not enabled. +certificate. This feature is enabled by default; you may disable it +using the option @option{no-allow-mark-trusted} into +@file{gpg-agent.conf}. -@item +@item Manually maintain the list of trusted root certificates. For a multi user installation this can be done once for all users on a machine. -Specific changes on a per-user base are also possible. +Specific changes on a per-user base are also possible. @end itemize -XXX decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt. - - -** How to get the ssh support running +@c decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt. -XXX How to use the ssh support. +@c ** How to get the ssh support running +@c +@c XXX How to use the ssh support. -@section Installation Overview -XXXX +@c @section Installation Overview +@c +@c XXXX |