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certadmin(8)              BSD System Manager's Manual             certadmin(8)

NAME
     certadmin -- manipulate certificates stored in the System keychain

SYNOPSIS
     certadmin {-h | -v}
     certadmin [-dx] list
     certadmin [-d] export cert_name ...


DESCRIPTION
     certadmin manipulates the list of certificates stored in the System keychain. It recognizes two com-mands: commands:
     mands:

           list    List the certificates stored in the System keychain. By default, certadmin will print the
                   "Common Name" field of each certificate separated by newlines. Adding the appropriate
                   option ( -x or --xml ) will dump the certificate list as an XML property list (plist).

           export  Export the given certificate to OpenSSL.

OPTIONS
     The following options are recognized:

     -d
     --debug    Print additional debug output to stderr.

     -h
     --help     Print usage summary and exit.

     -v
     --version  Print build version and exit.

     -x
     --xml      Print the list of certificates as XML property list (plist).

DIAGNOSTICS
     The certadmin utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

     certadmin must be executed as root.  To access the System keychain, certadmin must be executed by the
     root user.

     missing command  The command-line lacked a command to perform.

     missing certificate  The command-line lacked a certificate name for the export command.

     invalid certificate name  The given certificate is not in the System keychain.

SEE ALSO
     certtool(1), openssl(1), plist(5), serveradmin(8)

Mac OS X Server                  13 July 2004                  Mac OS X Server