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doc: Remove some stuff for the very incomplete instguide.

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Werner Koch 2014-09-03 09:45:20 +02:00
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ that you are already reading this documentation we can only give some
extra hints
To comply with the rules on GNU systems you should have build time
configured @command{dirmngr} using:
configured @command{gnupg} using:
@example
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
@ -36,19 +36,7 @@ the binaries get installed. If you selected to use the
the default then.
** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted
Such questions may also help to write a proper installation guide.
[to be written]
XXX Tell how to setup the system, install certificates, how dirmngr relates
to GnuPG etc.
** Explain how to setup a root CA key as trusted
** Notes on setting a root CA key to trusted
X.509 is based on a hierarchical key infrastructure. At the root of the
tree a trusted anchor (root certificate) is required. There are usually
@ -64,11 +52,9 @@ contains a few root certificates. Most installations will need more.
@item
Let @command{gpgsm} ask you whether you want to insert a new root
certificate. To enable this feature you need to set the option
@option{allow-mark-trusted} into @file{gpg-agent.conf}. In general it
is not a good idea to do it this way. Checking whether a root
certificate is really trustworthy requires decisions, which casual
users are not up to. Thus, by default this option is not enabled.
certificate. This feature is enabled by default; you may disable it
using the option @option{no-allow-mark-trusted} into
@file{gpg-agent.conf}.
@item
Manually maintain the list of trusted root certificates. For a multi
@ -76,16 +62,16 @@ user installation this can be done once for all users on a machine.
Specific changes on a per-user base are also possible.
@end itemize
XXX decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt.
@c decribe how to maintain trustlist.txt and /etc/gnupg/trustlist.txt.
** How to get the ssh support running
XXX How to use the ssh support.
@c ** How to get the ssh support running
@c
@c XXX How to use the ssh support.
@section Installation Overview
XXXX
@c @section Installation Overview
@c
@c XXXX