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| author | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-12-27 23:44:29 +0000 |
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| committer | David Shaw <[email protected]> | 2002-12-27 23:44:29 +0000 |
| commit | 98ef43987a29c1f71ce6138302f0741823025929 (patch) | |
| tree | a3ef9aa509e6cea3643f99a915ac734d49414545 | |
| parent | * NEWS: Add note about convert-from-106 script. (diff) | |
| download | gnupg-98ef43987a29c1f71ce6138302f0741823025929.tar.gz gnupg-98ef43987a29c1f71ce6138302f0741823025929.zip | |
* gpg.sgml: Clarify --no-permission-warning to note that the permission
warnings are not intended to be the be-all and end-all in security checks.
Add note to --group that when used on the command line, it may be
necessary to quote the argument so it is not treated as multiple
arguments. Noted by Stefan Bellon.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg.sgml | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index b2df4ba2d..43adf6028 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2002-12-27 David Shaw <[email protected]> + + * gpg.sgml: Clarify --no-permission-warning to note that the + permission warnings are not intended to be the be-all and end-all + in security checks. Add note to --group that when used on the + command line, it may be necessary to quote the argument so it is + not treated as multiple arguments. Noted by Stefan Bellon. + 2002-12-23 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * samplekeys.asc: Updated. diff --git a/doc/gpg.sgml b/doc/gpg.sgml index 438ace247..9f7650ae1 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.sgml +++ b/doc/gpg.sgml @@ -2049,7 +2049,11 @@ Suppress the warning about "using insecure memory". <varlistentry> <term>--no-permission-warning</term> <listitem><para> -Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions. +Suppress the warning about unsafe file permissions. Note that the +file permission checks that GnuPG does are not intended to be +authoritative, rather they simply warn about certain common permission +problems. Do not assume that the lack of a warning means that your +system is secure. </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -2259,11 +2263,14 @@ Experimental use only. Sets up a named group, which is similar to aliases in email programs. Any time the group name is a receipient (-r or --recipient), it will be expanded to the values specified. - +</para><para> The values are &ParmKeyIDs; or fingerprints, but any key description is accepted. Note that a value with spaces in it will be treated as two different values. Note also there is only one level of expansion -- you cannot make an group that points to another group. +- you cannot make an group that points to another group. When used +from the command line, it may be necessary to quote the argument to +this option to prevent the shell from treating it as multiple +arguments. </para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry> |