The following packages cannot be authenticated
sktsee
sktseer at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 14:53:41 UTC 2011
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
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