About This Guide
Four fields fully-support UTF-8 characters:
• Common name (used in the subject name of the certificate)
• Organizational unit (used in the subject name of the certificate)
• Requester name
• Additional notes (comments appended by the agent to the certificate)
NOTE
This support does not include supporting internationalized domain names, like in email
addresses.
4. Examples and Formatting
Each of the examples used in this guide, such as file locations and commands, have certain defined
conventions.
4.1. 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
4.2. 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.
4.3. 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
Italicized text
xviii
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