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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2004-01-29 08:41:55 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2004-01-29 08:41:55 +0100
commitb001af10acb7e263c7e575c359891c86062aecb6 (patch)
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parent2004-01-29 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@g10code.de> (diff)
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(parse_dn_part): Map common OIDs to human readable
labels. Make sure that a value won't get truncated if it includes a Nul.
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@@ -339,17 +339,21 @@ modes for gpgsm, here is the entire list of ways to specify a key:
* [NEW] Exact match by subject's DN
This is indicated by a leading slash, directly followed by the
- rfc2253 encoded DN of the subject.
+ rfc2253 encoded DN of the subject. Note that you can't use the
+ string printed by "gpgsm --list-keys" because that one as been
+ reordered and modified for better readability; use --with-colons to
+ print the raw (but standard escaped) rfc2253 string
Example:
- /CN=Henrich Heine,O=Poets,L=Paris,C=FR
+ /CN=Heinrich Heine,O=Poets,L=Paris,C=FR
* [NEW] Excact match by issuer's DN
This is indicated by a leading hash mark, directly followed by a
slash and then directly followed by the rfc2253 encoded DN of the
- issuer. This should return the Root cert of the issuer
+ issuer. This should return the Root cert of the issuer. See note
+ above.
Example:
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ modes for gpgsm, here is the entire list of ways to specify a key:
This is indicated by a hash mark, followed by the hexadecmal
representation of the serial number, the followed by a slahs and
- the RFC2253 encoded DN of the issuer.
+ the RFC2253 encoded DN of the issuer. See note above.
Example: