p11tool(1)

NAME
p11tool - GnuTLS PKCS #11 tool

SYNOPSIS
p11tool [-flag [value]]... [--opt-name [[=| ]value]]...[url]

Operands and options may be intermixed. They will be reordered.

DESCRIPTION
Program that allows handling data from PKCS #11 smart cards and security modules. To use PKCS #11 tokens with gnutls 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'.

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.

--list-tokens
    List all available tokens.

--export
    Export the object specified by the URL.

--list-mechanisms
    List all available mechanisms in a token.

--list-all
    List all available objects in a token.

--list-all-certs
    List all available certificates in a token.

--list-certs
    List all certificates that have an associated private key.

--list-all-privkeys
    List all available private keys in a token.

--list-all-trusted
    List all available certificates marked as trusted.

--initialize
    Initializes a PKCS #11 token.

--write
    Writes the loaded objects to a PKCS #11 token.

    It can be used to write private keys, certificates or secret keys to a token.

--delete
    Deletes the objects matching the PKCS #11 URL.

--generate-rsa
    Generate an RSA private-public key pair.

    Generates an RSA private-public key pair on the specified token.

--generate-dsa
    Generate an RSA private-public key pair.

    Generates an RSA private-public key pair on the specified token.

--generate-ecc
    Generate an RSA private-public key pair.

    Generates an RSA private-public key pair on the specified token.

--label=string
    Sets a label for the write operation.

--trusted, --no-trusted
    Marks the object to be written as trusted. The no-trusted form will disable the option.

--private, --no-private
    Marks the object to be written as private. The no-private form will disable the option. This option is enabled by default.

    The written object will require a PIN to be used.

--login, --no-login
    Force login to token. The no-login form will disable the option.

--detailed-url, --no-detailed-url
    Print detailed URLs. The no-detailed-url form will disable the option.

--secret-key=string
    Provide a hex encoded secret key.

--load-privkey=file
    Private key file to use.

--load-pubkey=file
    Public key file to use.

--load-certificate=file
    Certificate file to use.

-8, --pkcs8
    Use PKCS #8 format for private keys.

--bits=number
    Specify the number of bits for key generate. This option takes an integer number as its argument.

--sec-param=security parameter
    Specify the security level.

    This is alternative to the bits option. Available options are [low, legacy, normal, high, ultra].

--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.

--inder
    This is an alias for the inder option.

--provider=file
    Specify the PKCS #11 provider library.

    This will override the default options in /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf

-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-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 a limited number of bits. 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.

SEE ALSO
    certtool (1)

AUTHORS
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Simon Josefsson and others; see /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Free Software Foundation 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: bug-gnutls@gnu.org

NOTES
This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the p11tool option definitions.