rpms/crypto-utils/devel genkey.xml,1.10,1.11

Elio Maldonado emaldonado at fedoraproject.org
Sun Oct 26 23:36:28 UTC 2008


Author: emaldonado

Update of /cvs/extras/rpms/crypto-utils/devel
In directory cvs1.fedora.phx.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv23841

Modified Files:
	genkey.xml 
Log Message:
Add examples to the genkey man page


Index: genkey.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/extras/rpms/crypto-utils/devel/genkey.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- genkey.xml	19 Oct 2008 05:06:16 -0000	1.10
+++ genkey.xml	26 Oct 2008 23:35:58 -0000	1.11
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>--renew</option></term>
         <listitem><simpara>Used with --genreq to indicate a renewal,
-        the existing keypair will be used.</simpara></listitem>
+        the existing keypair will be used. Certs and keys must reside
+         in the nss database. Pem file cert renewal is not currently
+         supported.</simpara></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
@@ -128,6 +130,37 @@
       </programlisting>
 
     </para>
+
+    <para>The following example will create a self-signed certificate
+    and private key for the hostname <literal>www.nssexample.com</literal>
+    which will be stored in cert and key in the nss database:
+    
+      <programlisting>
+        # genkey --days --nss 120 www.nssexample.com
+      </programlisting>
+
+    </para>
+
+    <para>The following example will generate a certificate signing
+     request for a new mod_nss style cert specified by its nickname, 
+    <literal>Server-Cert</literal>:
+    
+      <programlisting>
+        # genkey --genreq --nss --days 120 Server-Cert
+      </programlisting>
+
+    </para>
+
+    <para>The following example will generate a certificate signing request
+    for the renewal of an existing mod_nss cert specified by its nickname, 
+    <literal>Server-Cert</literal>:
+    
+      <programlisting>
+        # genkey --genreq --renew --nss --days 120 Server-Cert
+      </programlisting>
+
+    </para>
+   
   </refsect1>    
 
   <refsect1>




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