Information about the package, x509watch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The x509watch package is designed for, Simple tool to list expiring or expired X.509 certificates.
Package Name:
x509watch
Summary:
Simple tool to list expiring or expired X.509 certificates
Description:
x509watch is a simple command line application, written in Perl, that can be used to list soon expiring or already expired X.509 certificates, such as e.g. SSL certificates. All certificates are searched by default in the standard PKI directory, but any other directory can be specified as parameter. Only Base64 encoded DER and PEM X.509 certificates are supported.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.6.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the x509watch package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install x509watch
This command will install x509watch on the server.
yum remove x509watch
This command will un-install x509watch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove x509watch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove x509watch
This command will un-install x509watch 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 x509watch when using the -y flag.
yum update x509watch
This command will update x509watch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove x509watch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update x509watch
This command will update x509watch 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 x509watch when using the -y flag.
yum info x509watch
This command will show you core information about the x509watch package.
yum deplist x509watch
This command will show you the dependencies for x509watch. 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 x509watch
This command will check if there is an update waiting on x509watch. 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.