Merge pull request #5714 from alexischr/update_bockbuild

[mono.git] / man / makecert.1

diff --git a/man/makecert.1 b/man/makecert.1
index 006341ffd853fa660f1f52ff6d7388314b01a332..41284a47ae6d8a29234bec2e7d28a1c006e8d8b8 100644 (file)
--- a/man/makecert.1
+++ b/man/makecert.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" 
 .\" makecert manual page.
 .\" Copyright 2003 Motus Technologies
 .\" 
 .\" makecert manual page.
 .\" Copyright 2003 Motus Technologies

-.\" Copyright 2004-2005 Novell
+.\" Copyright 2004-2005, 2011 Novell

 .\" Author:
 .\"   Sebastien Pouliot (sebastien@ximian.com)
 .\"
 .\" Author:
 .\"   Sebastien Pouliot (sebastien@ximian.com)
 .\"


@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ applicable for certificates that have BasicConstraint set to Authority (-cy
 authority). This is used to limit the chain of certificates than can be
 issued under this authority.
 .TP
 authority). This is used to limit the chain of certificates than can be
 issued under this authority.
 .TP

+.I "-alt filename"
+Add a subjectAltName extension to the certificate. Each line from 'filename'
+will be added as a DNS entry of the extension. This option is useful if you
+want to create a single SSL certificate to work on several hosts that do not
+share a common domain name (i.e. CN=*.domain.com would not work).
+.TP

 .I "-eku oid[,oid]"
 Add some extended key usage OID to the certificate.
 .TP
 .I "-eku oid[,oid]"
 Add some extended key usage OID to the certificate.
 .TP