The following packages cannot be authenticated

[Amichai Rotman]

First of all,  don't panic!
Please provide more information: what version of obuntu are running?
What did you use to try and install(apt-get,  Software Center)?

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Amichai.
On Nov 30, 2011 12:59 PM, "Shawn Pringle" <shawn.pringle at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Before installing samba, I received this warning:
>
> "The following packages cannot be authenticated!"  I didn't know there
> was any kind of certificate system in place.  Can someone tell me what
> this means exactly, how serious is the risk and why common are
> packages that can be authenticated?
>
> Shawn Pringle
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