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diff --git a/doc/gpgsm.texi b/doc/gpgsm.texi index 9df760c69..451f09a9c 100644 --- a/doc/gpgsm.texi +++ b/doc/gpgsm.texi @@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ a few informational lines are prepended before each block. @item --export-secret-key-p12 @var{key-id} @opindex export -Export the private key and the certificate identified by @var{key-id} -in a PKCS#12 format. When using along with the @code{--armor} option -a few informational lines are prepended to the output. Note, that the -PKCS#12 format is higly insecure and this command is only provided if -there is no other way to exchange the private key. +Export the private key and the certificate identified by @var{key-id} in +a PKCS#12 format. When using along with the @code{--armor} option a few +informational lines are prepended to the output. Note, that the PKCS#12 +format is not very secure and this command is only provided if there is +no other way to exchange the private key. (@pxref{option --p12-charset}) @item --import [@var{files}] @opindex import @@ -437,6 +437,19 @@ Assume the input data is plain base-64 encoded. @opindex assume-binary Assume the input data is binary encoded. +@anchor{option --p12-charset} +@item --p12-charset @var{name} +@opindex p12-charset +@command{gpgsm} uses the UTF-8 encoding when encoding passphrases for +PKCS#12 files. This option may be used to force the passphrase to be +encoded in the specified encoding @var{name}. This is useful if the +application used to import the key uses a different encoding and thus +won't be able to import a file generated by @command{gpgsm}. Commonly +used values for @var{name} are @code{Latin1} and @code{CP850}. Note +that @command{gpgsm} itself automagically imports any file with a +passphrase encoded to the most commonly used encodings. + + @item --local-user @var{user_id} @item -u @var{user_id} @opindex local-user |