Add documentetion for noCheck extension and add a few cross references to

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / ca.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod
index d0a7703e61c0c6c361f1feed9e4a154025d4ef6d..d97133ad3790f88e533783ee1f9cba305de2d84b 100644 (file)
--- 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
 
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@ the section of the configuration file containing certificate extensions
 to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B<x509_extensions>
 unless the B<-extfile> option is used). If no extension section is
 present then, a V1 certificate is created. If the extension section
-is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created.
+is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created. See the:w
+L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
 
 =item B<-extfile file>
 
@@ -218,6 +222,28 @@ 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 +294,6 @@ 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
@@ -281,7 +301,9 @@ include. If no CRL extension section is present then a V1 CRL is
 created, if the CRL extension section is present (even if it is
 empty) then a V2 CRL is created. The CRL extensions specified are
 CRL extensions and B<not> CRL entry extensions.  It should be noted
-that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. 
+that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. See
+L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
 
 =back
 
@@ -422,7 +444,7 @@ the same as B<-msie_hack>
 the same as B<-policy>. Mandatory. See the B<POLICY FORMAT> section
 for more information.
 
-=item B<nameopt>, B<certopt>
+=item B<name_opt>, B<cert_opt>
 
 these options allow the format used to display the certificate details
 when asking the user to confirm signing. All the options supported by
@@ -544,8 +566,8 @@ A sample configuration file with the relevant sections for B<ca>:
  policy         = policy_any            # default policy
  email_in_dn    = no                    # Don't add the email into cert DN
 
- nameopt       = ca_default            # Subject name display option
- certopt       = ca_default            # Certificate display option
+ name_opt      = ca_default            # Subject name display option
+ cert_opt      = ca_default            # Certificate display option
  copy_extensions = none                        # Don't copy extensions from request
 
  [ policy_any ]
@@ -585,8 +607,7 @@ if corrupted it can be difficult to fix. It is theoretically possible
 to rebuild the index file from all the issued certificates and a current
 CRL: however there is no option to do this.
 
-V2 CRL features like delta CRL support and CRL numbers are not currently
-supported.
+V2 CRL features like delta CRLs are not currently supported.
 
 Although several requests can be input and handled at once it is only
 possible to include one SPKAC or self signed certificate.
@@ -597,12 +618,6 @@ The use of an in memory text database can cause problems when large
 numbers of certificates are present because, as the name implies
 the database has to be kept in memory.
 
-It is not possible to certify two certificates with the same DN: this
-is a side effect of how the text database is indexed and it cannot easily
-be fixed without introducing other problems. Some S/MIME clients can use
-two certificates with the same DN for separate signing and encryption
-keys.
-
 The B<ca> command really needs rewriting or the required functionality
 exposed at either a command or interface level so a more friendly utility
 (perl script or GUI) can handle things properly. The scripts B<CA.sh> and