debian man page for mkesmtpdcert

MKESMTPDCERT(8) 					      Double Precision, Inc.						   MKESMTPDCERT(8)

NAME
       mkesmtpdcert - Create a secure SMTP test certificate

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/mkesmtpdcert

DESCRIPTION
       Secure ESMTP requires a valid, signed, X.509 certificate. The default location for the certificate file is /usr/lib/courier/esmtpd.pem. The
       mkesmtpdcert generates a self-signed X.509 certificate, mainly for testing. For production use the X.509 certificate must be signed by a
       recognized certificate authority, in order for mail clients to accept the certificate.

       /usr/lib/courier/esmtpd.pem must be owned by the daemon user and have no group or world permissions. The mkesmtpdcert command will enforce
       this. To prevent an unfortunate accident, mkesmtpdcert will not work if /usr/lib/courier/esmtpd.pem already exists.

       mkesmtpdcert requires OpenSSL to be installed.

SEE ALSO
       courier(8)[1].

AUTHOR
       Sam Varshavchik
	   Author

NOTES
	1. courier(8)
	   [set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/courier.html

Courier Mail Server						    08/30/2011							   MKESMTPDCERT(8)