Using CertMgr
CertMgr can be used to view certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certificate trust lists (CTLs) from a file or a certificate store, to copy certificates into a certificate store, to delete certificates from a certificate store, and to save certificates to files.
When CertMgr is used without options, a CertMgr wizard appears to guide the user through the operation.
The file must be one of the following types:
- An encoded CTL, CRL, or certificate file (could be base-64 encoded)
- A PKCS #7 file
- An SPC file
- A signed document
- A serialized storeFile
The following examples use CertMgr commands to perform common certificate tasks.
View the certificates, CRLs, and CTLs from MyFile.ext.
certmgr MyFile.ext
View the certificates, CRLs, and CTLs from the MY system store.
certmgr -s my
Copy all the certificates, CRLs, and CTLs in a file named MyFile.ext to a new file, called NewFile.ext.
certmgr -add -all -c MyFile.ext NewFile.ext
Copy all the certificates, CRLs, and CTLs from the MY system store to a file called NewMyFile.ext.
certmgr -add -all -c -s my NewMyFile.ext
Copy a certificate with the common name MyCert in the MY system store to a file called NewCert.cer.
certmgr -add -c -n MyCert -s my NewCert.cer
Delete all the certificates from the MY system store.
certmgr -del -all -c -s my
Delete all the CTLs from the MY system store and save the resulting store to a file called NewStore.str.
certmgr -del -all -ctl -s my NewStore.str
Save, to a file called NewCert.cer, a certificate that is an X.509 encoded certificate, that has the common name MyCert, and that is located in the Root certificate store.
certmgr -put -c -n MyCert -s root NewCert.cer
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