Yast Modules For Ca Management - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - SECURITY Manual

17.2 YaST Modules for CA
YaST provides two modules for basic CA management. The primary management tasks
with these modules are explained here.
17.2.1 Creating a Root CA
The first step when setting up a PKI is to create a root CA. Do the following:
1 Start YaST and go to Security and Users > CA Management.
2 Click Create Root CA.
3 Enter the basic data for the CA in the first dialog, shown in
Figure 17.1 YaST CA Module—Basic Data for a Root CA
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text fields have the following meanings:
Figure 17.1 . The