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+<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>CMSUTIL</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="CMSUTIL"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">CMSUTIL</th></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="cmsutil"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>cmsutil — Performs basic cryptograpic operations, such as encryption and decryption, on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) messages.</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">cmsutil</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em>] [[<em class="replaceable"><code>arguments</code></em>]]</p></div></div><div class="refsection"><a name="idm233266717696"></a><h2>STATUS</h2><p>This documentation is still work in progress. Please contribute to the initial review in <a class="ulink" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836477" target="_top">Mozilla NSS bug 836477</a>
+ </p></div><div class="refsection"><a name="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>The <span class="command"><strong>cmsutil</strong></span> command-line uses the S/MIME Toolkit to perform basic operations, such as encryption and decryption, on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) messages.
+ </p><p>
+To run cmsutil, type the command cmsutil option [arguments] where option and arguments are combinations of the options and arguments listed in the following section.
+Each command takes one option. Each option may take zero or more arguments.
+To see a usage string, issue the command without options.
+ </p></div><div class="refsection"><a name="options"></a><h2>Options and Arguments</h2><p>
+ </p><p><span class="command"><strong>Options</strong></span></p><p>
+Options specify an action. Option arguments modify an action.
+The options and arguments for the cmsutil command are defined as follows:
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">-C</span></dt><dd><p>Encrypt a message.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-D </span></dt><dd><p>Decode a message.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-E </span></dt><dd><p>Envelope a message.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-O </span></dt><dd><p>Create a certificates-only message.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-S </span></dt><dd><p>Sign a message.</p></dd></dl></div><p><span class="command"><strong>Arguments</strong></span></p><p>Option arguments modify an action.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">-b </span></dt><dd><p>Decode a batch of files named in infile.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-c content </span></dt><dd><p>Use this detached content (decode only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-d dbdir</span></dt><dd><p>Specify the key/certificate database directory (default is ".")</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-e envfile</span></dt><dd><p>Specify a file containing an enveloped message for a set of recipients to which you would like to send an encrypted message. If this is the first encrypted message for that set of recipients, a new enveloped message will be created that you can then use for future messages (encrypt only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-f pwfile</span></dt><dd><p>Use password file to set password on all PKCS#11 tokens.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-G</span></dt><dd><p>Include a signing time attribute (sign only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-H hash</span></dt><dd><p>Use specified hash algorithm (default:SHA1).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-h num</span></dt><dd><p>Generate email headers with info about CMS message (decode only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-i infile</span></dt><dd><p>Use infile as a source of data (default is stdin).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-k</span></dt><dd><p>Keep decoded encryption certs in permanent cert db.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-N nickname</span></dt><dd><p>Specify nickname of certificate to sign with (sign only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-n </span></dt><dd><p>Suppress output of contents (decode only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-o outfile</span></dt><dd><p>Use outfile as a destination of data (default is stdout).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-P</span></dt><dd><p>Include an S/MIME capabilities attribute.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-p password</span></dt><dd><p>Use password as key database password.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-r recipient1,recipient2, ...</span></dt><dd><p>
+Specify list of recipients (email addresses) for an encrypted or enveloped message.
+For certificates-only message, list of certificates to send.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">-T</span></dt><dd><p>Suppress content in CMS message (sign only).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-u certusage</span></dt><dd><p>Set type of cert usage (default is certUsageEmailSigner).</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-v</span></dt><dd><p>Print debugging information.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">-Y ekprefnick</span></dt><dd><p>Specify an encryption key preference by nickname.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsection"><a name="usage"></a><h2>Usage</h2><p>Encrypt Example</p><pre class="programlisting">
+cmsutil -C [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "recipient1,recipient2, . . ." -e envfile
+ </pre><p>Decode Example</p><pre class="programlisting">
+cmsutil -D [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] [-c content] [-n] [-h num]
+ </pre><p>Envelope Example</p><pre class="programlisting">
+cmsutil -E [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "recipient1,recipient2, ..."
+ </pre><p>Certificate-only Example</p><pre class="programlisting">
+cmsutil -O [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "cert1,cert2, . . ."
+ </pre><p>Sign Message Example</p><pre class="programlisting">
+cmsutil -S [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -N nickname[-TGP] [-Y ekprefnick]
+ </pre></div><div class="refsection"><a name="seealso"></a><h2>See also</h2><p>certutil(1)</p></div><div class="refsection"><a name="resources"></a><h2>Additional Resources</h2><p>For information about NSS and other tools related to NSS (like JSS), check out the NSS project wiki at <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/" target="_top">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/</a>. The NSS site relates directly to NSS code changes and releases.</p><p>Mailing lists: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto</p><p>IRC: Freenode at #dogtag-pki</p></div><div class="refsection"><a name="authors"></a><h2>Authors</h2><p>The NSS tools were written and maintained by developers with Netscape, Red Hat, Sun, Oracle, Mozilla, and Google.</p><p>
+ Authors: Elio Maldonado &lt;emaldona@redhat.com&gt;, Deon Lackey &lt;dlackey@redhat.com&gt;.
+ </p></div><div class="refsection"><a name="license"></a><h2>LICENSE</h2><p>Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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