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Chapter 4, CA: Finding and Revoking Certificates
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to find and examine a specific certificate issued by Certificate System, how to retrieve a list of
certificates that match specified criteria, how to revoke certificates, and how to manage the
certificate revocation list.
Chapter 5, CA: Publishing to a Directory
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LDAP directory with the current status of certificates.
Chapter 7, DRM: Recovering Encrypted Data
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how to recover stored encrypted data when the encryption key has been lost. This service is only
available when a Data Recovery Manager (DRM) is installed.
Chapter 8, Online Certificate Status Manager: Verifying Certificate Status
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tasks related to the Certificate System OCSP responder, Online Certificate Status Manager. This
service is only available when the OCSP subsystem is installed.
Chapter 9, TPS: Managing Token and Smart Card Operations
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related to the Token Processing System and how to manage tokens and certificates through this
subsystem. This service is only available when the TPS subsystem is installed.
3. Examples and Formatting
3.1. Formatting for Examples and Commands
All of the examples for Red Hat Certificate System commands, file locations, and other usage are
given for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit) systems. Be certain to use the appropriate commands
and files for your platform.
To start the Red Hat Certificate System:
service pki-ca start
Example 1. Example Command
3.2. Tool Locations
All of the tools for Red Hat Certificate System are located in the /usr/bin directory. These tools can
be run from any location without specifying the tool location.
3.3. Guide Formatting
Certain words are represented in different fonts, styles, and weights. Different character formatting is
used to indicate the function or purpose of the phrase being highlighted.
Formatting Style
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Explains how to use the agent services page
Describes how a Certificate Manager agent can update the
Describes how to process key recovery requests and
Describes how to perform tasks
Describes how to handle
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