From: kovan Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:47:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: doc: document PKCS12 password prompting for certificates X-Git-Tag: openssl-4.0.0~49 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8b88b75e91b3ec6085cc6e74fd3b30625b76efcd;p=thirdparty%2Fopenssl.git doc: document PKCS12 password prompting for certificates Document that commands reading certificates from PKCS#12 files may prompt for a password. The existing documentation only mentioned password prompting for private keys. Fixes #21292 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz MergeDate: Fri Apr 3 15:52:28 2026 (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29918) (cherry picked from commit c7b283263290e5bbcb3aa64af5e983ae73106268) --- diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod b/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod index b85b34a682f..17d305ef06c 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-format-options.pod @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ A binary format, encoded or parsed according to Distinguished Encoding Rules A DER-encoded file containing a PKCS#12 object. It might be necessary to provide a decryption password to retrieve -the private key. +the private key or certificate. =item B