Document the nameopt change

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / x509.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/x509.pod b/doc/apps/x509.pod
index 3002b081235e9d15ccfbccc2880ca23c07e1bdcc..a0127fe0f6b3737ca7194bb9625fe3370a417435 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/x509.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/x509.pod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ B<openssl> B<x509>
 [B<-hash>]
 [B<-subject_hash>]
 [B<-issuer_hash>]
+[B<-ocspid>]
 [B<-subject>]
 [B<-issuer>]
 [B<-nameopt option>]
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ B<openssl> B<x509>
 [B<-enddate>]
 [B<-purpose>]
 [B<-dates>]
+[B<-checkend num>]
 [B<-modulus>]
+[B<-pubkey>]
 [B<-fingerprint>]
 [B<-alias>]
 [B<-noout>]
@@ -41,13 +44,16 @@ B<openssl> B<x509>
 [B<-days arg>]
 [B<-set_serial n>]
 [B<-signkey filename>]
+[B<-passin arg>]
 [B<-x509toreq>]
 [B<-req>]
 [B<-CA filename>]
 [B<-CAkey filename>]
 [B<-CAcreateserial>]
 [B<-CAserial filename>]
+[B<-force_pubkey key>]
 [B<-text>]
+[B<-certopt option>]
 [B<-C>]
 [B<-md2|-md5|-sha1|-mdc2>]
 [B<-clrext>]
@@ -135,6 +141,10 @@ section for more information.
 
 this option prevents output of the encoded version of the request.
 
+=item B<-pubkey>
+
+outputs the the certificate's SubjectPublicKeyInfo block in PEM format.
+
 =item B<-modulus>
 
 this option prints out the value of the modulus of the public key
@@ -154,6 +164,10 @@ name.
 
 outputs the "hash" of the certificate issuer name.
 
+=item B<-ocspid>
+
+outputs the OCSP hash values for the subject name and public key.
+
 =item B<-hash>
 
 synonym for "-subject_hash" for backward compatibility reasons.
@@ -203,6 +217,11 @@ prints out the expiry date of the certificate, that is the notAfter date.
 
 prints out the start and expiry dates of a certificate.
 
+=item B<-checkend arg>
+
+checks if the certificate expires within the next B<arg> seconds and exits
+non-zero if yes it will expire or zero if not.
+
 =item B<-fingerprint>
 
 prints out the digest of the DER encoded version of the whole certificate
@@ -308,6 +327,11 @@ If the input is a certificate request then a self signed certificate
 is created using the supplied private key using the subject name in
 the request.
 
+=item B<-passin arg>
+
+the key 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<-clrext>
 
 delete any extensions from a certificate. This option is used when a
@@ -342,8 +366,7 @@ the B<-signkey> or B<-CA> options. If used in conjunction with the B<-CA>
 option the serial number file (as specified by the B<-CAserial> or
 B<-CAcreateserial> options) is not used.
 
-The serial number can be decimal or hex (if preceded by B<0x>). Negative
-serial numbers can also be specified but their use is not recommended.
+The serial number can be decimal or hex (if preceded by B<0x>).
 
 =item B<-CA filename>
 
@@ -378,8 +401,9 @@ The default filename consists of the CA certificate file base name with
 
 with this option the CA serial number file is created if it does not exist:
 it will contain the serial number "02" and the certificate being signed will
-have the 1 as its serial number. Normally if the B<-CA> option is specified
-and the serial number file does not exist it is an error.
+have the 1 as its serial number. If the B<-CA> option is specified
+and the serial number file does not exist a random number is generated;
+this is the recommended practice.
 
 =item B<-extfile filename>
 
@@ -395,6 +419,15 @@ specified then the extensions should either be contained in the unnamed
 L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
 extension section format.
 
+=item B<-force_pubkey key>
+
+when a certificate is created set its public key to B<key> instead of the
+key in the certificate or certificate request. This option is useful for
+creating certificates where the algorithm can't normally sign requests, for
+example DH.
+
+The format or B<key> can be specified using the B<-keyform> option.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 NAME OPTIONS
@@ -409,7 +442,7 @@ a B<-> to turn the option off. Only the first four will normally be used.
 
 =item B<compat>
 
-use the old format. This is equivalent to specifying no name options at all.
+use the old format.
 
 =item B<RFC2253>
 
@@ -422,7 +455,7 @@ B<sep_comma_plus>, B<dn_rev> and B<sname>.
 a oneline format which is more readable than RFC2253. It is equivalent to
 specifying the  B<esc_2253>, B<esc_ctrl>, B<esc_msb>, B<utf8>, B<dump_nostr>,
 B<dump_der>, B<use_quote>, B<sep_comma_plus_space>, B<space_eq> and B<sname>
-options.
+options.  This is the I<default> of no name options are given explicitely.
 
 =item B<multiline>
 
@@ -463,7 +496,7 @@ using the format \UXXXX for 16 bits and \WXXXXXXXX for 32 bits.
 Also if this option is off any UTF8Strings will be converted to their
 character form first.
 
-=item B<no_type>
+=item B<ignore_type>
 
 this option does not attempt to interpret multibyte characters in any
 way. That is their content octets are merely dumped as though one octet