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pki-util


Information about the package, pki-util, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pki-util package is designed for, Certificate System - PKI Utility Framework.


Package Name:

pki-util

Summary:

Certificate System - PKI Utility Framework

Description:

The PKI Utility Framework is required by the following four PKI subsystems: the Certificate Authority (CA), the Data Recovery Manager (DRM), the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Manager, and the Token Key Service (TKS). This package is a part of the PKI Core used by the Certificate System. ================================== || ABOUT "CERTIFICATE SYSTEM" || ================================== Certificate System (CS) is an enterprise software system designed to manage enterprise Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployments. PKI Core contains fundamental packages required by Certificate System, and consists of the following components: * pki-setup * pki-symkey * pki-native-tools * pki-util * pki-util-javadoc * pki-java-tools * pki-java-tools-javadoc * pki-common * pki-common-javadoc * pki-selinux * pki-ca * pki-silent which comprise the following PKI subsystems: * Certificate Authority (CA) For deployment purposes, Certificate System requires ONE AND ONLY ONE of the following "Mutually-Exclusive" PKI Theme packages: * ipa-pki-theme (IPA deployments) * dogtag-pki-theme (Dogtag Certificate System deployments) * redhat-pki-theme (Red Hat Certificate System deployments)

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

9.0.3

Release:

53.el6

Size:

497 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for pki-util


Control the pki-util package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pki-util

This command will install pki-util on the server.

yum remove pki-util

This command will un-install pki-util on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pki-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pki-util

This command will un-install pki-util on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pki-util when using the -y flag.

yum update pki-util

This command will update pki-util to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pki-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pki-util

This command will update pki-util to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pki-util when using the -y flag.

yum info pki-util

This command will show you core information about the pki-util package.

yum deplist pki-util

This command will show you the dependencies for pki-util. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update pki-util

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pki-util. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.