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authorTodd Short <tshort@akamai.com>2015-02-20 15:00:28 -0500
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2017-07-14 10:05:09 +0100
commit4a60bb1898ca8271a6ae46e2e2e805879eb38931 (patch)
treee2c3c335725658f449ea78c49b9793832c4f6527 /doc/man1
parentc784a838e0947fcca761ee62def7d077dc06d37f (diff)
downloadopenssl-4a60bb1898ca8271a6ae46e2e2e805879eb38931.tar.gz
Fix #946 Add -preserve_dates to x509 app
Add the -preserve_dates dates option to preserve dates when signing a certificate. Prevent -days and -preserve_dates being used simultaneously Fixes #946 Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/946)
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-rw-r--r--doc/man1/x509.pod8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/x509.pod b/doc/man1/x509.pod
index fccfd6c21a..b769829b77 100644
--- a/doc/man1/x509.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/x509.pod
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ B<openssl> B<x509>
[B<-extfile filename>]
[B<-extensions section>]
[B<-engine id>]
+[B<-preserve_dates>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -121,6 +122,11 @@ to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
+=item B<-preserve_dates>
+
+When signing a certificate, preserve the "notBefore" and "notAfter" dates instead
+of adjusting them to current time and duration. Cannot be used with the B<-days> option.
+
=back
=head2 Display Options
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ B<-signkey> option.
=item B<-days arg>
Specifies the number of days to make a certificate valid for. The default
-is 30 days.
+is 30 days. Cannot be used with the B<-preserve_dates> option.
=item B<-x509toreq>