Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 - COMMAND-LINE Manual

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Syntax68 Netscape Certificate Management System Command-Line Tools Guide • March 2002Syntax To run Certificate Database Tool, type the following command:certutil option [arguments]where options and arguments are combinations of the options and arguments listedin the following section. Each command takes one option. Each option may takezero or more arguments. To see a usage string, issue the command withoutoptions, or with the -H option.Options and ArgumentsOptions specify an action and are uppercase. Option arguments modify an actionand are lowercase. Certificate Database Tool command options and theirarguments are defined as follows:Table 11-1 Command options and their argumentsOption Description-N Create a new certificate database.-S Create an individual certificate and add it to a certificate database.-R Create a certificate-request file that can be submitted to a certificateauthority (CA) for processing into a finished certificate. Output defaults tostandard out unless you use -o output-file argument.Use the -a argument to specify ASCII output.-C Create a new binary certificate file from a binary certificate-request file. Usethe -i argument to specify the certificate-request file. If this argument is notused Certificate Database Tool prompts for a filename.-A Add an existing certificate to a certificate database. The certificate databaseshould already exist; if one is not present, this option will initialize one bydefault.-L List all the certificates, or display information about a named certificate, in acertificate database.Use the -h tokenname argument to specify the certificate database on aparticular hardware or software token.-V Check the validity of a certificate and its attributes.-M Modify a certificate’s trust attributes using the values of the -t argument.