mkimapdcert(8)

NAME

   mkimapdcert - create a test SSL certificate for IMAP over SSL

SYNOPSIS

   /usr/sbin/mkimapdcert

DESCRIPTION

   IMAP over SSL requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default
   location for the certificate file is /etc/courier/imapd.pem.
   mkimapdcert 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.

   /etc/courier/imapd.pem must be owned by the courier user and have no
   group or world permissions. The mkimapdcert command will enforce this.
   To prevent an unfortunate accident, mkimapdcert will not work if
   /etc/courier/imapd.pem already exists.

   mkimapdcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

FILES

   /etc/courier/imapd.pem
       X.509 certificate.

   /etc/courier/imapd.cnf
       Parameters used by OpenSSL to create the X.509 certificate.

SEE ALSO

   courier(8)[1]

AUTHOR

   Sam Varshavchik
       Author

NOTES

    1. courier(8)
       [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html

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