P11tool Reference

P11tool Reference

Installation

To use p11tool it has to be installed:

    # Debian like systems
    $ sudo apt-get install gnutls-bin

    # RPM based systems
    $ yum install gnutls-utils

Note: If not using p11-kit-proxy then the provider has to be specified in p11tool calls:

    $ p11tool --provider /usr/lib/libcryptoauth.so

Get the public key for a private key:

• With p11-kit set up

  $ p11tool --export-pubkey "pkcs11:token=0123EE;object=device;type=private"
  warning: --login was not specified and it may be required for this operation.
  warning: no --outfile was specified and the public key will be printed on screen.
  -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
  MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAE9wzUq1EUAoNrG01rXYjNd35mxKuA
  Ojw/klIrNEBciSLLOTLjs/gvFS7N8AFXDK18vpxxu6ykzF2LRd7RY8yEFw==
  -----END PUBLIC KEY-----

• Without p11-kit

  $ p11tool --export-pubkey --provider /usr/lib/libcryptoauth.so "pkcs11:token=0123EE;object=device;type=private"
  warning: --login was not specified and it may be required for this operation.
  warning: no --outfile was specified and the public key will be printed on screen.
  -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
  MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAE9wzUq1EUAoNrG01rXYjNd35mxKuA
  Ojw/klIrNEBciSLLOTLjs/gvFS7N8AFXDK18vpxxu6ykzF2LRd7RY8yEFw==
  -----END PUBLIC KEY-----