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NAME
p11tool - GnuTLS PKCS #11 tool
SYNOPSIS
p11tool [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]] [url]
Operands and options may be intermixed. They will be reordered.
DESCRIPTION
Program that allows operations on PKCS #11 smart cards and security modules.
To use PKCS #11 tokens with GnuTLS the p11-kit configuration files need to be setup. That
is create a .module file in /etc/pkcs11/modules with the contents 'module:
/path/to/pkcs11.so'. Alternatively the configuration file /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf has to
exist and contain a number of lines of the form 'load=/usr/lib/opensc-pkcs11.so'.
You can provide the PIN to be used for the PKCS #11 operations with the environment
variables GNUTLS_PIN and GNUTLS_SO_PIN.
OPTIONS
Tokens
--list-tokens
List all available tokens.
--list-token-urls
List the URLs available tokens.
This is a more compact version of --list-tokens.
--list-mechanisms
List all available mechanisms in a token.
--initialize
Initializes a PKCS #11 token.
--initialize-pin
Initializes/Resets a PKCS #11 token user PIN.
--initialize-so-pin
Initializes/Resets a PKCS #11 token security officer PIN..
This initializes the security officer's PIN. When used non-interactively use the
GNUTLS_NEW_SO_PIN environment variables to initialize SO's PIN.
--set-pin=string
Specify the PIN to use on token operations.
Alternatively the GNUTLS_PIN environment variable may be used.
--set-so-pin=string
Specify the Security Officer's PIN to use on token initialization.
Alternatively the GNUTLS_SO_PIN environment variable may be used.
Object listing
--list-all
List all available objects in a token.
All objects available in the token will be listed. That includes objects which are
potentially unaccessible using this tool.
--list-all-certs
List all available certificates in a token.
That option will also provide more information on the certificates, for example,
expand the attached extensions in a trust token (like p11-kit-trust).
--list-certs
List all certificates that have an associated private key.
That option will only display certificates which have a private key associated with
them (share the same ID).
--list-all-privkeys
List all available private keys in a token.
Lists all the private keys in a token that match the specified URL.
--list-privkeys
This is an alias for the --list-all-privkeys option.
--list-keys
This is an alias for the --list-all-privkeys option.
--list-all-trusted
List all available certificates marked as trusted.
--export
Export the object specified by the URL. This option must not appear in combination
with any of the following options: export-stapled, export-chain, export-pubkey.
--export-stapled
Export the certificate object specified by the URL. This option must not appear in
combination with any of the following options: export, export-chain, export-pubkey.
Exports the certificate specified by the URL while including any attached
extensions to it. Since attached extensions are a p11-kit extension, this option
is only available on p11-kit registered trust modules.
--export-chain
Export the certificate specified by the URL and its chain of trust. This option
must not appear in combination with any of the following options: export-stapled,
export, export-pubkey.
Exports the certificate specified by the URL and generates its chain of trust based
on the stored certificates in the module.
--export-pubkey
Export the public key for a private key. This option must not appear in
combination with any of the following options: export-stapled, export, export-
chain.
Exports the public key for the specified private key
--info List information on an available object in a token.
--trusted
This is an alias for the --mark-trusted option.
--distrusted
This is an alias for the --mark-distrusted option.
Key generation
--generate-privkey=string
Generate private-public key pair of given type.
Generates a private-public key pair in the specified token. Acceptable types are
RSA, ECDSA, Ed25519, and DSA. Should be combined with --sec-param or --bits.
--generate-rsa
Generate an RSA private-public key pair.
Generates an RSA private-public key pair on the specified token. Should be
combined with --sec-param or --bits.
NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED
--generate-dsa
Generate a DSA private-public key pair.
Generates a DSA private-public key pair on the specified token. Should be combined
with --sec-param or --bits.
NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED
--generate-ecc
Generate an ECDSA private-public key pair.
Generates an ECDSA private-public key pair on the specified token. Should be
combined with --curve, --sec-param or --bits.
NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED
--bits=number
Specify the number of bits for the key generate. This option takes an integer
number as its argument.
For applications which have no key-size restrictions the --sec-param option is
recommended, as the sec-param levels will adapt to the acceptable security levels
with the new versions of gnutls.
--curve=string
Specify the curve used for EC key generation.
Supported values are secp192r1, secp224r1, secp256r1, secp384r1 and secp521r1.
--sec-param=security parameter
Specify the security level.
This is alternative to the bits option. Available options are [low, legacy, medium,
high, ultra].
Writing objects
--set-id=string
Set the CKA_ID (in hex) for the specified by the URL object. This option must not
appear in combination with any of the following options: write.
Modifies or sets the CKA_ID in the specified by the URL object. The ID should be
specified in hexadecimal format without a '0x' prefix.
--set-label=string
Set the CKA_LABEL for the specified by the URL object. This option must not appear
in combination with any of the following options: write, set-id.
Modifies or sets the CKA_LABEL in the specified by the URL object
--write
Writes the loaded objects to a PKCS #11 token.
It can be used to write private, public keys, certificates or secret keys to a
token. Must be combined with
one of --load-privkey, --load-pubkey, --load-certificate option.
--delete
Deletes the objects matching the given PKCS #11 URL.
--label=string
Sets a label for the write operation.
--id=string
Sets an ID for the write operation.
Sets the CKA_ID to be set by the write operation. The ID should be specified in
hexadecimal format without a '0x' prefix.
--mark-wrap, --no-mark-wrap
Marks the generated key to be a wrapping key. The no-mark-wrap form will disable
the option.
Marks the generated key with the CKA_WRAP flag.
--mark-trusted, --no-mark-trusted
Marks the object to be written as trusted. The no-mark-trusted form will disable
the option. This option must not appear in combination with any of the following
options: mark-distrusted.
Marks the object to be generated/written with the CKA_TRUST flag.
--mark-distrusted
When retrieving objects, it requires the objects to be distrusted (blacklisted).
This option must not appear in combination with any of the following options: mark-
trusted.
Ensures that the objects retrieved have the CKA_X_TRUST flag. This is p11-kit
trust module extension, thus this flag is only valid with p11-kit registered trust
modules.
--mark-decrypt, --no-mark-decrypt
Marks the object to be written for decryption. The no-mark-decrypt form will
disable the option.
Marks the object to be generated/written with the CKA_DECRYPT flag set to true.
--mark-sign, --no-mark-sign
Marks the object to be written for signature generation. The no-mark-sign form
will disable the option.
Marks the object to be generated/written with the CKA_SIGN flag set to true.
--mark-ca, --no-mark-ca
Marks the object to be written as a CA. The no-mark-ca form will disable the
option.
Marks the object to be generated/written with the CKA_CERTIFICATE_CATEGORY as CA.
--mark-private, --no-mark-private
Marks the object to be written as private. The no-mark-private form will disable
the option.
Marks the object to be generated/written with the CKA_PRIVATE flag. The written
object will require a PIN to be used.
--ca This is an alias for the --mark-ca option.
--private
This is an alias for the --mark-private option.
--secret-key=string
Provide a hex encoded secret key.
This secret key will be written to the module if --write is specified.
--load-privkey=file
Private key file to use.
--load-pubkey=file
Public key file to use.
--load-certificate=file
Certificate file to use.
Other options
-d number, --debug=number
Enable debugging. This option takes an integer number as its argument. The value
of number is constrained to being:
in the range 0 through 9999
Specifies the debug level.
--outfile=string
Output file.
--login, --no-login
Force (user) login to token. The no-login form will disable the option.
--so-login, --no-so-login
Force security officer login to token. The no-so-login form will disable the
option.
Forces login to the token as security officer (admin).
--admin-login
This is an alias for the --so-login option.
--test-sign
Tests the signature operation of the provided object.
It can be used to test the correct operation of the signature operation. If both a
private and a public key are available this operation will sign and verify the
signed data.
--sign-params=string
Sign with a specific signature algorithm.
This option can be combined with --test-sign, to sign with a specific signature
algorithm variant. The only option supported is 'RSA-PSS', and should be specified
in order to use RSA-PSS signature on RSA keys.
--hash=string
Hash algorithm to use for signing.
This option can be combined with test-sign. Available hash functions are SHA1,
RMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512.
--generate-random=number
Generate random data. This option takes an integer number as its argument.
Asks the token to generate a number of bytes of random bytes.
-8, --pkcs8
Use PKCS #8 format for private keys.
--inder, --no-inder
Use DER/RAW format for input. The no-inder form will disable the option.
Use DER/RAW format for input certificates and private keys.
--inraw
This is an alias for the --inder option.
--outder, --no-outder
Use DER format for output certificates, private keys, and DH parameters. The
no-outder form will disable the option.
The output will be in DER or RAW format.
--outraw
This is an alias for the --outder option.
--provider=file
Specify the PKCS #11 provider library.
This will override the default options in /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf
--provider-opts=string
Specify parameters for the PKCS #11 provider library.
This is a PKCS#11 internal option used by few modules.
Mainly for testing PKCS#11 modules.
NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED
--detailed-url, --no-detailed-url
Print detailed URLs. The no-detailed-url form will disable the option.
--only-urls
Print a compact listing using only the URLs.
--batch
Disable all interaction with the tool.
In batch mode there will be no prompts, all parameters need to be specified on
command line.
-h, --help
Display usage information and exit.
-!, --more-help
Pass the extended usage information through a pager.
-v [{v|c|n --version [{v|c|n}]}]
Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple version.
The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright
notice.
EXAMPLES
To view all tokens in your system use:
$ p11tool --list-tokens
To view all objects in a token use:
$ p11tool --login --list-all "pkcs11:TOKEN-URL"
To store a private key and a certificate in a token run:
$ p11tool --login --write "pkcs11:URL" --load-privkey key.pem --label "Mykey"
$ p11tool --login --write "pkcs11:URL" --load-certificate cert.pem --label "Mykey"
Note that some tokens require the same label to be used for the certificate and its
corresponding private key.
To generate an RSA private key inside the token use:
$ p11tool --login --generate-privkey rsa --bits 1024 --label "MyNewKey" --outfile MyNewKey.pub "pkcs11:TOKEN-URL"
The bits parameter in the above example is explicitly set because some tokens only support
limited choices in the bit length. The output file is the corresponding public key. This
key can be used to general a certificate request with certtool.
certtool --generate-request --load-privkey "pkcs11:KEY-URL" --load-pubkey MyNewKey.pub --outfile request.pem
EXIT STATUS
One of the following exit values will be returned:
0 (EXIT_SUCCESS)
Successful program execution.
1 (EXIT_FAILURE)
The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
70 (EX_SOFTWARE)
libopts had an internal operational error. Please report it to autogen-
users@lists.sourceforge.net. Thank you.
SEE ALSO
certtool (1)
AUTHORS
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Simon Josefsson and others; see /usr/share/doc/gnutls/AUTHORS for
a complete list.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2024 Free Software Foundation, and others all rights reserved. This
program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
BUGS
Please send bug reports to: bugs@gnutls.org
NOTES
This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the p11tool option definitions.