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I have noticed that the trusting functions in seahorse are misleading and don't
work very well (to be the truth are a disaster). In fact we have (I have an
italian translation so I hope to translate correctly):
- the option "I have verified that this key is owned by <<USER>>" in the trust
tab of the key properties
- the trust care ("no care", "random care", "very carefully") in the verifying
procedure of the key in the sign key window
Now, once imported, I have the opportunity to sign a key only with the "sign"
button (in fact to sign the key with the sign button in the trust tab I have to
enable the option "I have verified that this key is owned by <<USER>>): this is
the first bug, in fact I find correct to sign a key only after having verified
the ownership of the key but seahorse also permits to me to sign the key via
sign button in the main window without checking the option described before.
Now this bug brings to a paradoxical bug as we can have a key signed, after
verifying its ownership very carefully, without having checked the option "I
have verified that this key is owned by <<USER>>" and the key is not placed in
the "trust keys" tab in the main seahorse window.
Then, after signing the key, if I open the key properties to check the option
"I have verified that this key is owned by <<USER>>", to remove the paradox and
to place the key in the trust tab, the fact that the key were signed disappears
(people that signed the key disappears) in the trust tab and appears the button
"sign this key" (another bug as I already signed the key). I don't sign it
again, but I close the property window and then I reopen it. All seems to be
ok now:
- the option "I have verified that this key is owned by <<USER>>" is checked
- the sign button is not present but there is a "revoke the sign" button in
grey (is this another bug? How can I revoke the key if I created it with this
possibility but the button is always not selectable?)
- people that signed the key are showed
Now If I go to the "detail" tab to select the trust level and then I go
again in the trust tab all the above scenario disappears again and the
"trust this key" button is already showed (another bug). So I have to
close the property window and reopen it to show a correct situation.
** Affects: seahorse (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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seahorse issues in trust functions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304565
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