NAME

       mkimapdcert - create a test SSL certificate for IMAP over SSL

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/mkimapdcert

DESCRIPTION

       IMAP over SSL requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default location for the
       certificate file is /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem.  mkimapdcert generates a self-signed X.509
       certificate, mainly for testing. For production use the X.509 certificate must be signed
       by a recognized certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the
       certificate.

       /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem must be owned by the daemon user and have no group or world
       permissions. The mkimapdcert command will enforce this. To prevent an unfortunate
       accident, mkimapdcert will not work if /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem already exists.

       mkimapdcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

FILES

       /usr/lib/courier/imapd.pem
           X.509 certificate.

       /etc/courier/imapd.cnf
           Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X.509 certificate.

SEE ALSO

       courier(8)[1]

AUTHOR

       Sam Varshavchik
           Author

NOTES

        1. courier(8)
           [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html