Ah! On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: > On 04/06/2011 10:22 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >> Okay, Trying to verify the alpha netinst.iso, I seem to have forgotten >> the way these files work, again. > > Step 1 is to verify the signature on the CHECKSUM file.... > > gpg --verify *-CHECKSUM > > That gives you confidence that the data in that file comes from where it > is supposed to come from and that the information is unaltered. > > Step 2 is to run sha2456 against the iso file and verify it against what > is in the CHECKSUM file. > > sha256sum -c Fedora-15-Alpha-i386-CHECKSUM
That's where my confusion was. sha256sum -c is what was doing the lookup and check. That's where my memory of an automated check came from. Which is a bit better than eyeballing because, even when you put one above the other, sometimes you just get tired. Thanks. 零石 > -- > People humiliating a salami! 葛斯克 愛德華 / 台北市八德路四段 -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
