SYNOPSIS

p11tool [options]

DESCRIPTION

Export/import data from PKCS #11 tokens. 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

Program control options

-d, --debug LEVEL

Specify the debug level. Default is 1.

-h, --help

Shows this help text

Generic options

--login

Force login to the token for the intended operation.

--provider MODULE

In addition to /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf, load the specified module.

--outfile FILE

Print output to FILE.

--inder, --inraw

Input is DER formatted.

Getting information on available X.509 certificates

--list-tokens

Prints all available tokens.

--initialize URL

Initializes (formats) the specified by the URL token. Note that several tokens do not support this fascility.

Getting information on available X.509 certificates

--list-all-certs

Prints all available certificates.

--list-certs

Prints all certificates that have a corresponding private key stored in the token.

--list-trusted

Prints all certificates that have been marked as trusted.

Getting information on private keys

--list-privkeys

Prints all available private keys.

Handling generic objects

--export URL

Exports the object (e.g. certificate) specified by the URL.

--delete URL

Deletes the object specified by the URL. Note that several tokens do not support deletion.

--detailed-url

When printing URLs print them in a detailed (to the PKCS #11 module used) form.

--no-detailed-url

When printing URLs, do not print details on the module used.

Storing objects

--write URL

Flag to set when writing an object. Requires one of --load-privkey, --load-pubkey, --load-certificate or --secret-key options.

--load-privkey

Load a private key for the write operations.

--load-pubkey

Load an X.509 subjectPublicKey for the write operation.

--load-certificate

Load an X.509 certificate for the write operation.

--secret-key

Specify a hex encoded secret key for the write operation.

--trusted

The object stored will be marked as trusted.

--label

The label of the object stored.

Controlling output

-8, --pkcs8

Use PKCS #8 format for private keys.

EXAMPLES

To store a private key and certificate, run:

$ p11tool --login --write "pkcs11:XXX"  --load-privkey key.pem --label "MyKey"
$ p11tool --login --write "pkcs11:XXX"  --load-certificate cert.pem --label "MyCert"

To view all objects in a token, use:

$ p11tool --login --list-all 

AUTHOR

Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <[email protected]> and others; see /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.