NAME¶
pki --acert - Issue an attribute certificate
SYNOPSIS¶
pki --acert |
[--in file]
[--group membership]
--issuerkey file|--issuerkeyid hex
--issuercert file [--lifetime
hours] [--not-before
datetime] [--not-after
datetime] [--serial
hex] [--digest digest]
[--outform encoding]
[--debug level] |
pki --acert |
--options file |
DESCRIPTION¶
This sub-command of pki(1) is used to issue an attribute certificate
using an issuer certificate with its private key and the holder certificate.
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- Print usage information with a summary of the available options.
- -v, --debug level
- Set debug level, default: 1.
- -+, --options file
- Read command line options from file.
- -i, --in file
- Holder certificate to issue an attribute certificate for. If not given the
certificate is read from STDIN.
- -m, --group membership
- Group membership the attribute certificate shall certify. The specified
group is included as a string. To include multiple groups, the option can
be repeated.
- -k, --issuerkey file
- Issuer private key file. Either this or --issuerkeyid is
required.
- -x, --issuerkeyid hex
- Key ID of a issuer private key on a smartcard. Either this or
--issuerkey is required.
- -c, --issuercert file
- Issuer certificate file. Required.
- -l, --lifetime hours
- Hours the attribute certificate is valid, default: 24. Ignored if both an
absolute start and end time are given.
- -F, --not-before datetime
- Absolute time when the validity of the AC begins. The datetime format is
defined by the --dateform option.
- -T, --not-after datetime
- Absolute time when the validity of the AC ends. The datetime format is
defined by the --dateform option.
- -D, --dateform form
- strptime(3) format for the --not-before and --not-after
options, default: %d.%m.%y %T
- -s, --serial hex
- Serial number in hex. It is randomly allocated by default.
- -g, --digest digest
- Digest to use for signature creation. One of md5, sha1,
sha224, sha256, sha384, or sha512. The default
is determined based on the type and size of the signature key.
- -f, --outform encoding
- Encoding of the created certificate file. Either der (ASN.1 DER) or
pem (Base64 PEM), defaults to der.
EXAMPLES¶
To save repetitive typing, command line options can be stored in files. Lets
assume acert.opt contains the following contents:
--issuercert aacert.der --issuerkey aakey.der --digest sha256 --lifetime 4
Then the following command can be used to issue an attribute
certificate based on a holder certificate and the options above:
pki --acert --options acert.opt --in holder.der --group sales --group finance -f pem