The following packages cannot be authenticated

[sktsee]

On 11/30/2011 04:57 AM, Shawn Pringle 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?
>

That usually means that you need to run "sudo apt-get update" before 
installing your package so that apt can authenticate the repo.

The following link explains the process of how APT authenticates 
repositories and checks package integrity.

http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt

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sktsee