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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/glossary.texi | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpg-agent.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/gpgsm.texi | 5 |
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index a87680b2b..27546e08f 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-06-21 Werner Koch <[email protected]> + + * gpgsm.texi (Certificate Management): Changed description of + --gen-key. + 2007-06-19 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * glossary.texi (Glossary): Describe PSE. diff --git a/doc/glossary.texi b/doc/glossary.texi index 6eede19d2..22bd7adc5 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.texi +++ b/doc/glossary.texi @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ certificates. The @emph{Certificate Revocation List} is a list containing certificates revoked by the issuer. +@item CSR + The @emph{Certificate Signing Request} is a message send to a CA to +ask them to issue a new certificate. The data format of such a signing +request is called PCKS#10. + @item Keygrip This term is used by GnuPG to describe a 20 byte hash value used to identify a certain key without referencing to a concrete protocol. diff --git a/doc/gpg-agent.texi b/doc/gpg-agent.texi index 85ce1acd4..e9ef3a9e9 100644 --- a/doc/gpg-agent.texi +++ b/doc/gpg-agent.texi @@ -369,20 +369,16 @@ this option at runtime does not kill an already forked scdaemon. @item --use-standard-socket @itemx --no-use-standard-socket -@itemx --no-reuse-standard-socket @opindex use-standard-socket @opindex no-use-standard-socket -@opindex no-reuse-standard-socket By enabling this option @command{gpg-agent} will listen on the socket named @file{S.gpg-agent}, located in the home directory, and not create a random socket below a temporary directory. Tools connecting to @command{gpg-agent} should first try to connect to the socket given in environment variable @var{GPG_AGENT_INFO} and the fall back to this socket. This option may not be used if the home directory is mounted as -a remote file system. If @option{--no-reuse-standard-socket} is used, -@command{gpg-agent} will not try to reuse a socket which is already in -use. Note, that @option{--use-standard-socket} is the default on -Windows systems. +a remote file system. Note, that @option{--use-standard-socket} is the +default on Windows systems. @item --display @var{string} diff --git a/doc/gpgsm.texi b/doc/gpgsm.texi index 69a7f10d7..b318ab877 100644 --- a/doc/gpgsm.texi +++ b/doc/gpgsm.texi @@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ use @samp{--help} to get a list of supported operations. @table @gnupgtabopt @item --gen-key @opindex gen-key -This command will only print an error message and direct the user to the -@command{gpgsm-gencert.sh} script. +This command allows the interactive creation of a certifcate signing +request. It is commonly used along with the @option{--output} option to +save the created CSR into a file. @item --list-keys @itemx -k |