pkcs11-tool (1) Linux Manual Page
pkcs11-tool – utility for managing and using PKCS #11 security tokens
Synopsis
pkcs11-tool [OPTIONS]Description
The pkcs11-tool utility is used to manage the data objects on smart cards and similar PKCS #11 security tokens. Users can list and read PINs, keys and certificates stored on the token. User PIN authentication is performed for those operations that require it.Options
–login, -l- Authenticate to the token before performing other operations. This option is not needed if a PIN is provided on the command line.
–pin pin, -p pin
- Use the given pin for token operations. WARNING: Be careful using this option as other users may be able to read the command line from the system or if it is embedded in a script.
This option will also set the –login option.
–so-pin pin
- Use the given pin as the Security Officer PIN for some token operations (token initialization, user PIN initialization, etc). The same warning as –pin also applies here.
–init-token
- Initializes a token: set the token label as well as a Security Officer PIN (the label must be specified using –label).
–init-pin
- Initializes the user PIN. This option differs from –change-pin in that it sets the user PIN for the first time. Once set, the user PIN can be changed using –change-pin.
–change-pin, -c
- Change the user PIN on the token
–test, -t
- Performs some tests on the token. This option is most useful when used with either –login or –pin.
–show-info, -I
- Displays general token information.
–list-slots, -L
- Displays a list of available slots on the token.
–list-mechanisms, -M
- Displays a list of mechanisms supported by the token.
–list-objects, -O
- Displays a list of objects.
–sign, s
- Sign some data.
–hash, -h
- Hash some data.
–mechanism mechanism, -m mechanism
- Use the specified mechanism for token operations. See -M for a list of mechanisms supported by your token.
–keypairgen, -k
- Generate a new key pair (public and private pair.)
–write-object id, -w id
- Write a key or certificate object to the token.
–type type, -y type
- Specify the type of object to operate on. Examples are cert, privkey and pubkey.
–id id, -d id
- Specify the id of the object to operate on.
–label name, -a name
- Specify the name of the object to operate on (or the token label when –init-token is used).
–slot id
- Specify the id of the slot to use.
–slot-id name
- Specify the name of the slot to use.
–set-id id, -e id
- Set the CKA_ID of the object.
–attr-from path
- Extract information from path (DER-encoded certificate file) and create the corresponding attributes when writing an object to the token. Example: the certificate subject name is used to create the CKA_SUBJECT attribute.
–input-file path, -i path
- Specify the path to a file for input.
–output-file path, -o path
- Specify the path to a file for output.
–module mod
- Specify a PKCS#11 module (or library) to load.
–moz-cert path, -z path
- Tests a Mozilla-like keypair generation and certificate request. Specify the path to the certificate file.
–verbose, -v
- Causes pkcs11-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several times to enable debug output in the OpenSC library.