NAME

       lprng_certs - lprng SSL certificate management

SYNOPSIS

       lprng_certs option
        Options:
         init     - make directory structure
         newca    - make new root CA
         defaults - set new default values for certs
         gen      - generate user, server, or signing cert
         index [dir] - index cert files
         verify [cert] - verify cert file
         encrypt keyfile
                  - set or change keyfile password

DESCRIPTION

       The  lprng_certs program is used to manage SSL certificates for the LPRng software.  There
       SSL certificate structure consists of a hierarchy of  certificates.   The  LPRng  software
       assumes that the following types of certificates will be used:

       CA or root
              A top level or self-signed certificate.

       signing
              A  certificate  that can be used to sign other certificates.  This is signed by the
              root CA or another signing certificate.

       user   A certificate used by a user to identify themselves to the lpd server.

       server A certificate used by the lpd server to identify themselves to the  user  or  other
              lpd servers.

Signing Certificates

       All   of   the   signing   certificates,   including   the  root  certificate  (root  CA),
       /etc/lprng/ssl.ca/ca.crt, are in the same directory as the root CA file.  Alternately, all
       of  the  signing certs can be concatenated and put into a single file, which by convention
       is assumed to have the same name as  the  root  CA  file,  /etc/lprng/ssl.ca/ca.crt.   The
       ssl_ca_file, ssl_ca_path, and ssl_ca_key printcap and configuration options can be used to
       specify the locations of the root CA files, a directory containing the signing certificate
       files, and the private key file for the root CA file respectively.

       The  root  certificate  (root  CA  file)  /etc/lprng/ssl.ca/ca.crt  has a private key file
       /etc/lprng/ssl.ca/ca.key as well.  By convention, the private keys for the  other  signing
       certificate files are stored in the certificate file.

       The  OpenSSL  software requires that this directory also contain a set of hash files which
       are, in effect, links to these files.

       By default, all signing certificates are assumed to be in the same directory as  the  root
       certificate.

Server Certificates

       The  certificate used by the lpd server are kept in another directory.  These files do not
       need to have hash links to them.  By convention, the private keys  for  these  certificate
       files are stored in the certificate file.  The server certificate file is specified by the
       ssl_server_cert and has the default  value  /etc/lprng/ssl.server/server.crt.   This  file
       contains  the cert and private key.  The server certificate password  file is specified by
       the ssl_server_password option with the default value

       and contains the password used  to  decrypt  the  servers  private  key  and  use  it  for
       authentication.  This key file should be read only by the lpd server.

User Certificates

       The  certificates  used  by  users  are  kept  in  a  separate directory in the users home
       directory.  By convention, the private keys for these certificate files are stored in  the
       certificate file.

       The user certificate file is specified by the LPR_SSL_FILE environment variable, otherwise
       the ${HOME}/.lpr/client.crt is used.  The password is taken from the file specified by the
       LPR_SSL_PASSWORD environment variable, otherwise the ${HOME}/.lpr/client.pwd file is read.

USING LPRNG_CERTS

       The  organization  of  the SSL certificates used by LPRng is similar to that used by other
       programs such as the Apache mod_ssl support.  The lprng_certs program is  used  to  create
       the  directory  structure, create certificates for the root CA, signing, user and servers.
       In order to make management simple, the following support is provided.

lprng_certs init

       This command creates the directories used by the lpd server.  It is useful when setting up
       a new lpd server.

lprng_certs newca

       This command creates a self-signed certificate, suitable for use as a root CA certificate.
       It also sets up a set of default values for other certificate creation.

lprng_certs defaults

       This command is used to modify the set of default values.

       The default values are listed and should be self-explanatory, except for the value of  the
       signer certificate.  By default, the root CA can be used to sign certificates.  However, a
       signing certificate can be used as well.  This  allows  delegation  of  signing  authority
       without compromising the security of the root CA.

lprng_certs gen

       This is used to generate a user, server, or signing certificate.

lprng_certs index

       This is used to create the indexes for the signing certificates.

lprng_certs verify [cert]

       This checks the certificate file using the Openssl openssl verify command.

lprng_certs encrypt keyfile

       This  removes  all  key information from the key file, reencrypts the key information, and
       the puts the encrypted key information in the file.

LPRng OPTIONS

       Option                   Purpose
       ssl_ca_path              directory holding the SSL signing certs
       ssl_ca_file              file holding the root CA or all SSL signing certs
       ssl_server_cert          cert file for the server
       ssl_server_password      file containing password for server server
       ${HOME}/.lpr/client.crt  client certificate file
       ${HOME}/.lpr/client.pwd  client certificate private key password

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LPR_SSL_FILE             client certificate file
       LPR_SSL_PASSWORD         client certificate private key password

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       zero (0)       Successful completion.

       non-zero (!=0) An error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       lpd.conf(5),  lpc(8),  lpd(8),   checkpc(8),   lpr(1),   lpq(1),   lprm(1),   printcap(5),
       lpd.conf(5), pr(1), lprng_certs(1), lprng_index_certs(1).

AUTHOR

       Patrick Powell <papowell@lprng.com>.

HISTORY

       LPRng  is a enhanced printer spooler system with functionality similar to the Berkeley LPR
       software.   The  LPRng  developer  mailing  list   is   lprng-devel@lists.sourceforge.net;
       subscribe  by visiting https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lprng-devel or sending
       mail to lprng-request@lists.sourceforge.net with the word subscribe in the body.
       The software is available via http://lprng.sourceforge.net