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Quoting Eugene Smiley <eug+plug@esmiley.net>:
> gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> > OK, that helps. However, I just test signed a couple keys and the
> > Validity didn't change even though I said I checked the key carefully.
> > So, maybe it depends on a number of other signatures.
>
> With GPG there is a conf option that allows you to specify how many
> trusted sigs are required to have a particular key appear as Valid.
>
> If x=2, it only takes two trusted keys signed by you to make a key
> Valid. (total keys = 4, yours, theirs, and the 2 in parallel in between)
>
> If x=3, it takes three trusted keys signed by you to make a key
> Valid. (total keys = 5, yours, theirs, and the 3 in parallel in between)
>
> etc.
>
> I believe the default is 3 although it's been a while and I don't
> recall the variable name...
That doesn't sound right. If gyoza *signed* the keys, they should be counted as
valid, regardless of trust level.
--
Eric
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