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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-16 23:16:01 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-16 23:16:01 +0000
commita3fe382e2d2d794c598921cd39117581a2a8941b (patch)
tree2845b270bbe0705f5844c16d23fb398af3ef3f3f /doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
parentbd03b99b9bb860e062f08ec6d919c0841d951833 (diff)
Pass phrase reorganisation.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps/pkcs12.pod')
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/pkcs12.pod51
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod b/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
index d8cace9d0a..0aa2f8e16d 100644
--- a/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@ B<openssl> B<pkcs12>
[B<-keypbe>]
[B<-keyex>]
[B<-keysig>]
-[B<-password password>]
-[B<-envpass var>]
-[B<-passin password>]
-[B<-envpassin var>]
-[B<-passout password>]
-[B<-envpassout var>]
+[B<-password arg>]
+[B<-passin arg>]
+[B<-passout arg>]
[B<-rand file(s)>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,23 +66,17 @@ by default.
The filename to write certificates and private keys to, standard output by default.
They are all written in PEM format.
-=item B<-pass password>, B<-passin password>
+=item B<-pass arg>, B<-passin arg>
-the PKCS#12 file (i.e. input file) password. Since certain utilities like "ps" make
-the command line visible this option should be used with caution.
+the PKCS#12 file (i.e. input file) password source. For more information about the
+format of B<arg> see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in
+L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
-=item B<-envpass var>, B<-envpassin password>
+=item B<-passout arg>
-read the PKCS#12 file password from the environment variable B<var>.
-
-=item B<-passout password>
-
-pass phrase to encrypt any outputed private keys with. Since certain utilities like
-"ps" make the command line visible this option should be used with caution.
-
-=item B<-envpass var>, B<-envpassin password>
-
-read the outputed private keys file password from the environment variable B<var>.
+pass phrase source to encrypt any outputed private keys with. For more information
+about the format of B<arg> see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in
+L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
=item B<-noout>
@@ -183,23 +174,17 @@ used multiple times to specify names for all certificates in the order they
appear. Netscape ignores friendly names on other certificates whereas MSIE
displays them.
-=item B<-pass password>, B<-passout password>
+=item B<-pass arg>, B<-passout arg>
-the PKCS#12 file (i.e. output file) password. Since certain utilities like "ps"
-make the command line visible this option should be used with caution.
-
-=item B<-envpass var>, B<-envpassout var>
-
-read the PKCS#12 file password from the environment variable B<var>.
+the PKCS#12 file (i.e. output file) password source. For more information about
+the format of B<arg> see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in
+L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
=item B<-passin password>
-pass phrase to decrypt the input private key with. Since certain utilities like
-"ps" make the command line visible this option should be used with caution.
-
-=item B<-envpassin password>
-
-read the input private key file password from the environment variable B<var>.
+pass phrase source to decrypt any input private keys with. For more information
+about the format of B<arg> see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in
+L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
=item B<-chain>