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About This Guide
More detailed information about the concepts behind public key cryptography, as well as a more
detailed overview of the Certificate System subsystems and how Certificate System manages
certificates and smart cards, is available in the
the guide for administrators to manage the Certificate System server. Installation is covered in the
Certificate System Installation Guide
Certificate System Agent's Guide
The
and manage user certificates through other Certificate System subsystems, such as the Online
Certificate Status Responder (which checks the revocation status) and the Data Recovery Manager
(which recovers the certificate information if a token or a certificate is lost).
The latest information about Red Hat Certificate System, including current release notes and other
updates, is always available at the Certificate System documentation page,
docs/manuals/cert-system/.
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
Monospace font
Monospace
with a
background
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http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/cert-system/8.0/admin/html/
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http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/cert-system/8.0/install/html/
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http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/cert-system/8.0/agent/html/
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Certificate System Administrator's Guide
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covers how agents can approve and reject certificate requests
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