Yast Modules For Ca Management - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

42.2 YaST Modules for CA
YaST provides two modules for basic CA management. The primary management tasks
with these modules are explained here.
42.2.1 Creating a Root CA
The first step when setting up a PKI is to create a root CA. Do the following:
1 Start YaST and go to Security and Users > CA Management.
2 Click Create Root CA.
3 Enter the basic data for the CA in the first dialog, shown in Figure 42.1, "YaST
Figure 42.1 YaST CA Module—Basic Data for a Root CA
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Management
CA Module—Basic Data for a Root CA" (page 812). The text fields have the
following meanings: