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Key Database Tool is a command-line utility that can modify the key database file
(
key3.db
utility to create or change the database password, generate new public and private
key pairs, display the contents of the database, or delete key pairs from the
database.
Key database management tasks are part of a process that typically also involves
managing client certificate databases (
management process generally begins with creating keys in the key database, then
generating and managing certificates in the certificate database.
This chapter discusses key database management. For information on certificate
database and security module database management, see Chapter 11, "Certificate
Database Tool" and Chapter 16, "Security Module Database Tool."
This chapter has the following sections:
•
Location (page 79)
•
Syntax (page 80)
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Usage (page 82)
•
Examples (page 83)
Location
The tool is located with the rest of the command-line tools in this directory:
<server_root>/bin/cert/tools
) of Netscape Certificate Management System (CMS). You can use the
Key Database Tool
file). The key and certificate
cert7.db
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