cert-init.pl(1) - Linux man page

Name

cert-init.pl

Synopsis

cert-init.pl [ -cacert /path/to/cacert.pem ]
             [ -cakey /path/to/cacert's/key.pem ]
             [ -out /path/to/save/cert ]
             [ -outkey /path/to/save/key ]
             [ -passout password-to-encrypt-output-key ]
             [ -capass password-to-decrypt-cakey ]
             [ -lifetime N (hours, default 8544 hours (365 days)) ]
             [ -serial N ]
             [ -host dns.of.host.for.alt.name ]
             [ -bits N (any of {512|1024|2048|4096} default 1024) ]
             [ -CA  ]
       The following will be processsed in the order they are encountered
             [ -C countryName ]
             [ -O Organisation ]
             [ -OU OrganisationUnit ]
             [ -L Location ]
             [ -DC DomainComponent ]
             [ -ST StateOrProvince ] (Not recommended)
             [ -UID UserID ] (Not recommended)
             [ -Email emailAddress ]
             [ -CN CommonName ]

Description

Creates an X.509 certificate and key.

See Also

This script was originally designed for SHEBANGS , a JISC funded project at The University of Manchester. http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/projects/shebangs/

now http://www.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/projects/shebangs/

Mailing list, shebangs@listserv.manchester.ac.uk

Mailing list, voms-lite@listserv.manchester.ac.uk

Author

Mike Jones <mike.jones@manchester.ac.uk>

Copyright And License

Copyright © 2006 by Mike Jones

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.