[Seahorse] Where can I obtain the proper definition text of the button 'Casually'?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jan 31 18:11:10 UTC 2010


On 01/31/2010 09:47 AM, Detlef Lechner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Seahorse > Other Keys > (a certain key) > window 'Sign Key' > 'How
> carefully have you checked this key?' > button 'Casually' is buggy. It
> lists the same explanatory text as that of the button 'Not at all'.
> Where can I obtain the proper definition text of the button 'Casually'?

Which version of Seahorse?

$ apt-cache policy seahorse
seahorse:
  Installed: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

>From the 'Help':

> 5.2. Trust
> 
> 
> Trust is an indication of how sure you are of a person's ability to correctly extend 
> the web of trust.  When you are faced with a key you have not signed, the validity of 
> that person's key will be determined based on the signatures they have collected and 
> how well or not you trust the people who have made those signatures.  By default, an 
> unknown key will require 3 signatures with marginal trust value or 1 fully trusted signature.
> 		
> 
>     * Unknown: You are not familiar with the person's ability to sign keys correctly.
>       			
>     * Never: This person cannot correctly sign keys.
>       			
>     * Marginal: This person checks for photo ID before signing a key, but 
>       	does not necessarily scrutinize the IDs.
>       			
>     * Full: This person scrutinizes each and every person's photo IDs before
>       	signing them (e.g. they only sign keys that truely belong to the 
>               person asking for the signature).
>       		    
>     * Ultimate: This level of trust should only be assigned to your own keys.
>       			

You might be able to find more info here:
http://projects.gnome.org/seahorse/index.html





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