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authorNils Larsch <nils@openssl.org>2005-07-15 09:49:03 +0000
committerNils Larsch <nils@openssl.org>2005-07-15 09:49:03 +0000
commit57eb1d32508b2debfbab605ebf9ac156c4008272 (patch)
tree81914a66cadb7d11819315e4b2947f35e91a9cfb /doc
parentb4f5e5c95912e753147c2efe2f5eb7be97908556 (diff)
add missing entries for "-multivalue-rdn" and "-utf8" in ca.pod and req.pod
PR: 1158 Submitted by: Michael Bell <michael.bell@cms.hu-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/ca.pod32
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/req.pod10
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod
index 42bae7f4a7..5618c2dc9d 100644
--- a/doc/apps/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ca.pod
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ B<openssl> B<ca>
[B<-crl_hold instruction>]
[B<-crl_compromise time>]
[B<-crl_CA_compromise time>]
-[B<-subj arg>]
[B<-crldays days>]
[B<-crlhours hours>]
[B<-crlexts section>]
@@ -45,6 +44,9 @@ B<openssl> B<ca>
[B<-extensions section>]
[B<-extfile section>]
[B<-engine id>]
+[B<-subj arg>]
+[B<-utf8>]
+[B<-multivalue-rdn>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -218,6 +220,28 @@ to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
+=item B<-subj arg>
+
+supersedes subject name given in the request.
+The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
+characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
+
+=item B<-utf8>
+
+this option causes field values to be interpreted as UTF8 strings, by
+default they are interpreted as ASCII. This means that the field
+values, whether prompted from a terminal or obtained from a
+configuration file, must be valid UTF8 strings.
+
+=item B<-multivalue-rdn>
+
+this option causes the -subj argument to be interpretedt with full
+support for multivalued RDNs. Example:
+
+I</DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe>
+
+If -multi-rdn is not used then the UID value is I<123456+CN=John Doe>.
+
=back
=head1 CRL OPTIONS
@@ -268,12 +292,6 @@ B<time>. B<time> should be in GeneralizedTime format that is B<YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ>.
This is the same as B<crl_compromise> except the revocation reason is set to
B<CACompromise>.
-=item B<-subj arg>
-
-supersedes subject name given in the request.
-The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
-characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
-
=item B<-crlexts section>
the section of the configuration file containing CRL extensions to
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index e2b5d0d8ec..82b565c9d4 100644
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ B<openssl> B<req>
[B<-[md5|sha1|md2|mdc2]>]
[B<-config filename>]
[B<-subj arg>]
+[B<-multivalue-rdn>]
[B<-x509>]
[B<-days n>]
[B<-set_serial n>]
@@ -173,6 +174,15 @@ when processing a request.
The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
+=item B<-multivalue-rdn>
+
+this option causes the -subj argument to be interpreted with full
+support for multivalued RDNs. Example:
+
+I</DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe>
+
+If -multi-rdn is not used then the UID value is I<123456+CN=John Doe>.
+
=item B<-x509>
this option outputs a self signed certificate instead of a certificate