From b5a8d7d26847d675623b348ffef07e0822a9b93a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:17:09 +0000 Subject: . --- doc/instguide.texi | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/instguide.texi') diff --git a/doc/instguide.texi b/doc/instguide.texi index 0aa0f5d23..8ce4e07fd 100644 --- a/doc/instguide.texi +++ b/doc/instguide.texi @@ -6,16 +6,29 @@ @node Installation @chapter A short installation guide. + +Unfortunately the installation guide has not been finished in time. +Instead of delaying the release of GnuPG 2.0 even further, I decided to +release without that guide. The chapter on gpg-agent and gpgsm do +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. + +Such questions may also help to write a proper installation guide. + [to be written] -Tell how to setup the system, install certificates, how dirmngr relates + +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 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 -no other means of verfying whether this root certificate is trutsworthy +no other means of verifying whether this root certificate is trustworthy than looking it up in a list. GnuPG uses a file (@file{trustlist.txt}) to keep track of all root certificates it knows about. There are 3 ways to get certificates into this list: @@ -43,10 +56,12 @@ XXX decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt. ** How to get the ssh support running - How to use the ssh support. + +XXX How to use the ssh support. @section Installation Overview +XXXX -- cgit v1.2.3