[pacman-dev] Fwd: Pacman Config File (SigLevel)

Dave Reisner d at falconindy.com
Tue Nov 5 16:50:42 EST 2013


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> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:40:18 +0100
> From: Ingenieria Informatica <heyom.student at gmail.com>
> To: dreisner at archlinux.org, dan at archlinux.org, allan at archlinux.org
> Subject: Pacman Config File (SigLevel)
> 
> Hello, my name is Hamoud and I have a small question:
> 
> According to pacman.conf:
> 
> [options]
> 
> # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
> # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
> SigLevel = Required TrustedOnly
> LocalFileSigLevel = Required TrustedOnly
> 
> I understand from the above that signatures will be required from both packages
> & databases AND If a signature is checked, it must be in the keyring and fully
> trusted; marginal trust does not meet this criteria.
> 
> Is that a valid configuration? because I only want to modify the option section
> as a default control of my packages/databases. I need to harden my system as
> much as possible specially with signature check (paranoid mode hehe)
> 
> Thank you very much in advance. :)
> 
> --
> Regards

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