'\" t .\" .\" .\" Title: mkimapdcert .\" Author: Sam Varshavchik .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 .\" Date: 04/04/2011 .\" Manual: Double Precision, Inc. .\" Source: Courier Mail Server .\" Language: English .\" .TH "MKIMAPDCERT" "8" "04/04/2011" "Courier Mail Server" "Double Precision, Inc." .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" mkimapdcert \- create a test SSL certificate for IMAP over SSL .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fB@sbindir@/mkimapdcert\fR\ 'u \fB@sbindir@/mkimapdcert\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP IMAP over SSL requires a valid, signed, X\&.509 certificate\&. The default location for the certificate file is @certsdir@/imapd\&.pem\&. \fBmkimapdcert\fR generates a self\-signed X\&.509 certificate, mainly for testing\&. For production use the X\&.509 certificate must be signed by a recognized certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the certificate\&. .PP @certsdir@/imapd\&.pem must be owned by the @mailuser@ user and have no group or world permissions\&. The \fBmkimapdcert\fR command will enforce this\&. To prevent an unfortunate accident, \fBmkimapdcert\fR will not work if \fB@certsdir@/imapd\&.pem\fR already exists\&. .PP \fBmkimapdcert\fR requires OpenSSL to be installed\&. .SH "FILES" .PP @certsdir@/imapd\&.pem .RS 4 X\&.509 certificate\&. .RE .PP @sysconfdir@/imapd\&.cnf .RS 4 Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X\&.509 certificate\&. .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \m[blue]\fB\fBcourier\fR(8)\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2 .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBSam Varshavchik\fR .RS 4 Author .RE .SH "NOTES" .IP " 1." 4 \fBcourier\fR(8) .RS 4 \%[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html .RE