smime_keys (1)

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    Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Oliver Ehli <elmy@acm.org>
    Copyright (C) 2001 Mike Schiraldi <raldi@research.netsol.com>
    Copyright (C) 2003 Bjoern Jacke <bjoern@j3e.de>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it ...

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NAME

smime_keys - Utility to add S/MIME certificate to the internal database used by mutt

SYNOPSIS

smime_keys <operation> [file(s) | keyID [file(s)]]

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this tool is to manipulate the internal database of S/MIME certificates used by mutt to sign mail messages which will be sent or to verify mail messages received and signed with S/MIME

OPTIONS

init

no files needed, inits directory structure.

list

lists the certificates stored in database.

label

keyID required. changes/removes/adds label.

remove

keyID required.

verify

1=keyID and optionally 2=CRL Verifies the certificate chain, and optionally whether this certificate is included in supplied CRL (PEM format). Note: to verify all certificates at the same time, replace keyID with "all"

add_cert

certificate required.

add_chain

three files reqd: 1=Key, 2=certificate plus 3=intermediate certificate(s).

add_p12

one file reqd. Adds keypair to database. file is PKCS12 (e.g. export from netscape).

add_pem

one file reqd. Adds keypair to database. (file was converted from e.g. PKCS12).

add_root

one file reqd. Adds PEM root certificate to the location specified within muttrc (smime_verify_* command)

NO WARRANTIES

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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