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Syntax
Syntax
To run Certificate Database Tool, type the following command:
certutil
where options and arguments are combinations of the options and arguments listed
in the following section. Each command takes one option. Each option may take
zero or more arguments. To see a usage string, issue the command without
options, or with the
Options and Arguments
Options specify an action and are uppercase. Option arguments modify an action
and are lowercase. Certificate Database Tool command options and their
arguments are defined as follows:
Table 11-1 Command options and their arguments
Option
-N
-S
-R
-C
-A
-L
-V
-M
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option [arguments]
option.
-H
Description
Create a new certificate database.
Create an individual certificate and add it to a certificate database.
Create a certificate-request file that can be submitted to a certificate
authority (CA) for processing into a finished certificate. Output defaults to
standard out unless you use -o output-file argument.
Use the -a argument to specify ASCII output.
Create a new binary certificate file from a binary certificate-request file. Use
the -i argument to specify the certificate-request file. If this argument is not
used Certificate Database Tool prompts for a filename.
Add an existing certificate to a certificate database. The certificate database
should already exist; if one is not present, this option will initialize one by
default.
List all the certificates, or display information about a named certificate, in a
certificate database.
Use the -h tokenname argument to specify the certificate database on a
particular hardware or software token.
Check the validity of a certificate and its attributes.
Modify a certificate's trust attributes using the values of the -t argument.
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