From aad7f1a0fc100731c7afb53ef5cec6583be00f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Werner Koch Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:00:08 +0000 Subject: overhauled the trustdb stuff --- doc/FAQ | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index f82f2984a..2108073ab 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -282,6 +282,20 @@ For more see the chapter "The Web of Trust" in the Manual [gpg: Oops: Internal error: manual not found - sorry] - - + Q: How do interpret some of the informational outputs: + A: While checking the validness of a key, GnuPG sometimes print + some informations which are prefixed with information about + the checked item: + "key 12345678.3456" + This is about the key with key ID 12345678 and the internal + number 3456, which is the record number of the so called + directory record in the trustdb. + "uid 12345678.3456/ACDE" + This is about the user ID for the same key; to identify the + user ID the last two bytes of a ripe-md-160 over the user ID + tring is printed. + "sig 12345678.3456/ACDE/9A8B7C6D" + This is about the signature with key ID 9A8B7C6D for the + above key and user ID, if it is a signature which is direct + on a key, the user ID part is empty (..//..). -- cgit v1.2.3