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<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>pkey</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rev="made" href="mailto:root@hsxx.drive.ne.jp" /> </head> <body style="background-color: white"> <!-- INDEX BEGIN --> <div name="index"> <p><a name="__index__"></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li> <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li> <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> <li><a href="#options">OPTIONS</a></li> <li><a href="#examples">EXAMPLES</a></li> <li><a href="#see_also">SEE ALSO</a></li> <li><a href="#copyright">COPYRIGHT</a></li> </ul> <hr name="index" /> </div> <!-- INDEX END --> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1> <p>openssl-pkey, pkey - public or private key processing tool</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> <p><strong>openssl</strong> <strong>pkey</strong> [<strong>-help</strong>] [<strong>-inform PEM|DER</strong>] [<strong>-outform PEM|DER</strong>] [<strong>-in filename</strong>] [<strong>-passin arg</strong>] [<strong>-out filename</strong>] [<strong>-passout arg</strong>] [<strong>-traditional</strong>] [<strong>-<em>cipher</em></strong>] [<strong>-text</strong>] [<strong>-text_pub</strong>] [<strong>-noout</strong>] [<strong>-pubin</strong>] [<strong>-pubout</strong>] [<strong>-engine id</strong>] [<strong>-check</strong>] [<strong>-pubcheck</strong>]</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> <p>The <strong>pkey</strong> command processes public or private keys. They can be converted between various forms and their components printed out.</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h1> <dl> <dt><strong><a name="help" class="item"><strong>-help</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Print out a usage message.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="inform_der_pem" class="item"><strong>-inform DER|PEM</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This specifies the input format DER or PEM. The default format is PEM.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="outform_der_pem" class="item"><strong>-outform DER|PEM</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default as the <strong>-inform</strong> option.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="in_filename" class="item"><strong>-in filename</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This specifies the input filename to read a key from or standard input if this option is not specified. If the key is encrypted a pass phrase will be prompted for.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="passin_arg" class="item"><strong>-passin arg</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>The input file password source. For more information about the format of <strong>arg</strong> see <em>openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options</em>.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="out_filename" class="item"><strong>-out filename</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This specifies the output filename to write a key to or standard output if this option is not specified. If any encryption options are set then a pass phrase will be prompted for. The output filename should <strong>not</strong> be the same as the input filename.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="passout_password" class="item"><strong>-passout password</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>The output file password source. For more information about the format of <strong>arg</strong> see <em>openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options</em>.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="traditional" class="item"><strong>-traditional</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Normally a private key is written using standard format: this is PKCS#8 form with the appropriate encryption algorithm (if any). If the <strong>-traditional</strong> option is specified then the older "traditional" format is used instead.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="cipher" class="item"><strong>-<em>cipher</em></strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>These options encrypt the private key with the supplied cipher. Any algorithm name accepted by <code>EVP_get_cipherbyname()</code> is acceptable such as <strong>des3</strong>.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="text" class="item"><strong>-text</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Prints out the various public or private key components in plain text in addition to the encoded version.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="text_pub" class="item"><strong>-text_pub</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Print out only public key components even if a private key is being processed.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="noout" class="item"><strong>-noout</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Do not output the encoded version of the key.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="pubin" class="item"><strong>-pubin</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>By default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a public key is read instead.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="pubout" class="item"><strong>-pubout</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>By default a private key is output: with this option a public key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if the input is a public key.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="engine_id" class="item"><strong>-engine id</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>Specifying an engine (by its unique <strong>id</strong> string) will cause <strong>pkey</strong> 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.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="check" class="item"><strong>-check</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This option checks the consistency of a key pair for both public and private components.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="pubcheck" class="item"><strong>-pubcheck</strong></a></strong></dt> <dd> <p>This option checks the correctness of either a public key or the public component of a key pair.</p> </dd> </dl> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="examples">EXAMPLES</a></h1> <p>To remove the pass phrase on an RSA private key:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -out keyout.pem</pre> <p>To encrypt a private key using triple DES:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -des3 -out keyout.pem</pre> <p>To convert a private key from PEM to DER format:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -outform DER -out keyout.der</pre> <p>To print out the components of a private key to standard output:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -text -noout</pre> <p>To print out the public components of a private key to standard output:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -text_pub -noout</pre> <p>To just output the public part of a private key:</p> <pre> openssl pkey -in key.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem</pre> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1> <p><em>genpkey(1)</em>, <em>rsa(1)</em>, <em>pkcs8(1)</em>, <em>dsa(1)</em>, <em>genrsa(1)</em>, <em>gendsa(1)</em></p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="copyright">COPYRIGHT</a></h1> <p>Copyright 2006-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <a href="https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html">https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html</a>.</p> </body> </html>