Secure Global Desktop Administration Guide > Commands > The tarantella security customca command

The tarantella security customca command

Syntax

tarantella security customca

tarantella security customca --rootfile carootfile
                            | --remove

Description

Installs or removes a root certificate for a custom Certificate Authority for use with the Sun Secure Global Desktop Security Pack.

Certificates must be Base 64-encoded PEM-format, with a header line including "BEGIN CERTIFICATE", as used by OpenSSL.

If no arguments are specified, this command reads the root certificate from standard input.

Argument Description
--rootfile carootfile Specifies the location of a file containing the Certificate Authority's root certificate. Details are copied to /opt/tarantella/var/tsp for use by the Sun Secure Global Desktop Security Pack.
--remove Removes any custom Certificate Authority's root certificate currently installed for use with the Sun Secure Global Desktop Security Pack.

Examples

tarantella security customca \
  --rootfile /tmp/rootcert

Installs a CA's root certificate from the file /tmp/rootcert, which you can then delete.

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