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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
pki --acert -h | --help
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 cer‐
tificate.
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. Defaults to sha1.
-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 certifi‐
cate based on a holder certificate and the options above:
pki --acert --options acert.opt --in holder.der --group sales --group finance -f pem
SEE ALSOpki(1)5.1.3 2014-02-05 PKI --ACERT(1)
