samlsign(1) sign and verify XML documents

SYNOPSIS

samlsign <options>

DESCRIPTION

samlsign signs or verifies signed XML documents. To sign a document, use -s. To verify a document, omit -s. One of the -c, -R, or -T options are required when verifying. Either -k or -R is required when signing.

By default, samlsign signs or verifies standard input. Pass -u or -f to retrieve the document from a URL or file path. Signed documents are always printed to standard output.

OPTIONS

-u URL
The URL of the document to sign or verify.
-f PATH
The full path of the document to sign or verify.
-id ID
Rather than acting on the entire document, only act on the object with the specified ID. Only that object (with its new signature) will be printed to standard output.
-s
Sign, rather than the default action of verify.
-k KEY
Specifies the full path to the key to use for signing.
-c CERT
Specifies the full path to the certificate to use for verification.
-R RESOLVER
Specifies a credential resolver to use for either signing or verification.
-T TRUST
Specifies the trust engine for TrustEngine-based verification.
-M METADATA
Specifies the metadata for TrustEngine-based verification.
-i ISSUER
Specifies the issuer for verification.
-p PROT
Specifies the protocol for TrustEngine-based verification. This option allows specification of an arbitrary protocol by name, but more commonly one would use one of the options listed below for standard protocol names.
-r RNAME
Specifies the resource name for TrustEngine-based verification. This option allows specification of an arbitrary resource name by name, but more commonly one would use one of the options listed below for standard resource names.
-ns RNS
Specifies the namespace for TrustEngine-based verification. If not given, the default is SAML20MD_NS.
-saml10
Use the SAML1.0 protocol for TrustEngine-based verification.
-saml11
use the SAML1.1 protocol for TrustEngine-based verification.
-saml2
use the SAML2.0 P NS protocol for TrustEngine-based verification.
-idp
Set the resouce name to IDPSSODescriptor for TrustEngine-based verification.
-aa
Set the resource name to AttributeAuthorityDescriptor for TrustEngine-based verification.
-pdp
Set the resource name to PDPDescriptor for TrustEngine-based verification.
-sp
Set the resource name to SPSSODescriptor for TrustEngine-based verification.
-V
Validate the document while signing or verifying it. The path to the schemas used for validation can be overridden by setting the OPENSAML_SCHEMAS environment variable.
-alg algorithm
Specifies the signature algorithm to use, overriding the default. Only used when signing. -dig algorithm Specifies the digest algorithm to use, overriding the default. Only used when signing.

EXIT STATUS

0
Success.
-1
An error in how samlsign was called (incorrect arguments, for example).
-2
An error occurred when initializing the configuration.
-10
An exception was caught.

EXAMPLES

To sign SAML 2.0 metadata, use: 

    samlsign -k /path/to/key -c /path/to/cert -f /path/to/metadata

AUTHOR

This manpage were written by Ferenc Wágner and Russ Allbery for Debian GNU/Linux.

COPYRIGHT

Copyleft (C) 2008 Ferenc Wágner
This is free software in the public domain.

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