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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-06-09 14:48:40 +0100
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2016-06-10 15:47:07 +0100
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Expand SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() documentation
Add some information about the location of the default directory and the default file. RT#1051 Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
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diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
index 7e78bc6d9b..59d11e03ee 100644
--- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
+++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations() specifies the locations for B<ctx>, at
which CA certificates for verification purposes are located. The certificates
available via B<CAfile> and B<CApath> are trusted.
-SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() specifies that the default locations for
+SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() specifies that the default locations from
which CA certificates are loaded should be used. There is one default directory
-and one default file.
+and one default file. The default CA certificates directory is called "certs" in
+the default OpenSSL directory. Alternatively the SSL_CERT_DIR environment
+variable can be defined to override this location. The default CA certificates
+file is called "cert.pem" in the default OpenSSL directory. Alternatively the
+SSL_CERT_FILE environment variable can be defined to override this location.
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_dir() is similar to
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() except that just the default directory is