1X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3)       OpenSSL      X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3)
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NAME

6       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt, X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ,
7       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID, X509_NAME_add_entry, X509_NAME_delete_entry
8       - X509_NAME modification functions
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SYNOPSIS

11        #include <openssl/x509.h>
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13        int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(X509_NAME *name, const char *field, int type, const unsigned char *bytes, int len, int loc, int set);
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15        int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name, ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int type, unsigned char *bytes, int len, int loc, int set);
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17        int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID(X509_NAME *name, int nid, int type, unsigned char *bytes, int len, int loc, int set);
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19        int X509_NAME_add_entry(X509_NAME *name,X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int loc, int set);
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21        X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_delete_entry(X509_NAME *name, int loc);
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DESCRIPTION

24       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ() and
25       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() add a field whose name is defined by a
26       string field, an object obj or a NID nid respectively.  The field value
27       to be added is in bytes of length len. If len is -1 then the field
28       length is calculated internally using strlen(bytes).
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30       The type of field is determined by type which can either be a
31       definition of the type of bytes (such as MBSTRING_ASC) or a standard
32       ASN1 type (such as V_ASN1_IA5STRING). The new entry is added to a
33       position determined by loc and set.
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35       X509_NAME_add_entry() adds a copy of X509_NAME_ENTRY structure ne to
36       name. The new entry is added to a position determined by loc and set.
37       Since a copy of ne is added ne must be freed up after the call.
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39       X509_NAME_delete_entry() deletes an entry from name at position loc.
40       The deleted entry is returned and must be freed up.
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NOTES

43       The use of string types such as MBSTRING_ASC or MBSTRING_UTF8 is
44       strongly recommended for the type parameter. This allows the internal
45       code to correctly determine the type of the field and to apply length
46       checks according to the relevant standards. This is done using
47       ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID().
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49       If instead an ASN1 type is used no checks are performed and the
50       supplied data in bytes is used directly.
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52       In X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt() the field string represents the field
53       name using OBJ_txt2obj(field, 0).
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55       The loc and set parameters determine where a new entry should be added.
56       For almost all applications loc can be set to -1 and set to 0. This
57       adds a new entry to the end of name as a single valued
58       RelativeDistinguishedName (RDN).
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60       loc actually determines the index where the new entry is inserted: if
61       it is -1 it is appended.
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63       set determines how the new type is added. If it is zero a new RDN is
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66       If set is -1 or 1 it is added to the previous or next RDN structure
67       respectively. This will then be a multivalued RDN: since multivalues
68       RDNs are very seldom used set is almost always set to zero.
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EXAMPLES

71       Create an X509_NAME structure:
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73       "C=UK, O=Disorganized Organization, CN=Joe Bloggs"
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75        X509_NAME *nm;
76        nm = X509_NAME_new();
77        if (nm == NULL)
78               /* Some error */
79        if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "C", MBSTRING_ASC,
80                               "UK", -1, -1, 0))
81               /* Error */
82        if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "O", MBSTRING_ASC,
83                               "Disorganized Organization", -1, -1, 0))
84               /* Error */
85        if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "CN", MBSTRING_ASC,
86                               "Joe Bloggs", -1, -1, 0))
87               /* Error */
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RETURN VALUES

90       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(),
91       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() and X509_NAME_add_entry() return 1 for
92       success of 0 if an error occurred.
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94       X509_NAME_delete_entry() returns either the deleted X509_NAME_ENTRY
95       structure of NULL if an error occurred.
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BUGS

98       type can still be set to V_ASN1_APP_CHOOSE to use a different algorithm
99       to determine field types. Since this form does not understand
100       multicharacter types, performs no length checks and can result in
101       invalid field types its use is strongly discouraged.
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SEE ALSO

104       ERR_get_error(3), d2i_X509_NAME(3)
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HISTORY

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