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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/curl.1 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index e8216d45a..53ae8d787 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -358,11 +358,12 @@ this option assumes a \&"certificate" file that is the private key and the private certificate concatenated! See \fI--cert\fP and \fI--key\fP to specify them independently. -If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option tells +If curl is built against the NSS SSL library then this option can tell curl the nickname of the certificate to use within the NSS database defined by the environment variable SSL_DIR (or by default /etc/pki/nssdb). If the NSS PEM PKCS#11 module (libnsspem.so) is available then PEM files may be -loaded. +loaded. If you want to use a file from the current directory, please precede +it with "./" prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "--cert-type <type>" diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index a725b33cb..8c14c7dcc 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -1811,8 +1811,9 @@ Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be the file name of your certificate. The default format is "PEM" and can be changed with \fICURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE\fP. -With NSS this is the nickname of the certificate you wish to authenticate -with. +With NSS this can also be the nickname of the certificate you wish to +authenticate with. If you want to use a file from the current directory, please +precede it with "./" prefix, in order to avoid confusion with a nickname. .IP CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. The string should be the format of your certificate. Supported formats are "PEM" and "DER". (Added |