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OpenSSL                      X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3openssl)



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     X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt, X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ,
     X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID, X509_NAME_add_entry,
     X509_NAME_delete_entry - X509_NAME modification functions

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      #include 

      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);

      int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name, ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int type, unsigned char *bytes, int len, int loc, int set);

      int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID(X509_NAME *name, int nid, int type, unsigned char *bytes, int len, int loc, int set);

      int X509_NAME_add_entry(X509_NAME *name,X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int loc, int set);

      X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_delete_entry(X509_NAME *name, int loc);


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     X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ()
     and X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() add a field whose name is
     defined by a string ffffiiiieeeelllldddd, an object oooobbbbjjjj or a NID nnnniiiidddd
     respectively.  The field value to be added is in bbbbyyyytttteeeessss of
     length lllleeeennnn. If lllleeeennnn is -1 then the field length is calculated
     internally using strlen(bytes).

     The type of field is determined by ttttyyyyppppeeee which can either be
     a definition of the type of bbbbyyyytttteeeessss (such as MMMMBBBBSSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG_AAAASSSSCCCC) or
     a standard ASN1 type (such as VVVV_AAAASSSSNNNN1111_IIIIAAAA5555SSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG). The new
     entry is added to a position determined by lllloooocccc and sssseeeetttt.

     X509_NAME_add_entry() adds a copy of XXXX555500009999_NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE_EEEENNNNTTTTRRRRYYYY
     structure nnnneeee to nnnnaaaammmmeeee. The new entry is added to a position
     determined by lllloooocccc and sssseeeetttt. Since a copy of nnnneeee is added nnnneeee
     must be freed up after the call.

     X509_NAME_delete_entry() deletes an entry from nnnnaaaammmmeeee at
     position lllloooocccc. The deleted entry is returned and must be
     freed up.

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     The use of string types such as MMMMBBBBSSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG_AAAASSSSCCCC or
     MMMMBBBBSSSSTTTTRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG_UUUUTTTTFFFF8888 is strongly recommened for the ttttyyyyppppeeee parameter.
     This allows the internal code to correctly determine the
     type of the field and to apply length checks according to
     the relevant standards. This is done using
     ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID().

     If instead an ASN1 type is used no checks are performed and
     the supplied data in bbbbyyyytttteeeessss is used directly.




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OpenSSL                      X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3openssl)



     In X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt() the ffffiiiieeeelllldddd string represents
     the field name using OBJ_txt2obj(field, 0).

     The lllloooocccc and sssseeeetttt parameters determine where a new entry
     should be added. For almost all applications lllloooocccc can be set
     to -1 and sssseeeetttt to 0. This adds a new entry to the end of nnnnaaaammmmeeee
     as a single valued RelativeDistinguishedName (RDN).

     lllloooocccc actually determines the index where the new entry is
     inserted:  if it is -1 it is appended.

     sssseeeetttt determines how the new type is added. If it is zero a
     new RDN is created.

     If sssseeeetttt is -1 or 1 it is added to the previous or next RDN
     structure respectively. This will then be a multivalued RDN:
     since multivalues RDNs are very seldom used sssseeeetttt is almost
     always set to zero.

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     Create an XXXX555500009999_NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE structure:

     "C=UK, O=Disorganized Organization, CN=Joe Bloggs"

      X509_NAME *nm;
      nm = X509_NAME_new();
      if (nm == NULL)
             /* Some error */
      if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, MBSTRING_ASC,
                             "C", "UK", -1, -1, 0))
             /* Error */
      if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, MBSTRING_ASC,
                             "O", "Disorganized Organization", -1, -1, 0))
             /* Error */
      if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, MBSTRING_ASC,
                             "CN", "Joe Bloggs", -1, -1, 0))
             /* Error */


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     X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(),
     X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() and X509_NAME_add_entry()
     return 1 for success of 0 if an error occurred.

     X509_NAME_delete_entry() returns either the deleted
     XXXX555500009999_NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE_EEEENNNNTTTTRRRRYYYY structure of NNNNUUUULLLLLLLL if an error occurred.

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     ttttyyyyppppeeee can still be set to VVVV_AAAASSSSNNNN1111_AAAAPPPPPPPP_CCCCHHHHOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEE to use a
     different algorithm to determine field types. Since this
     form does not understand multicharacter types, performs no
     length checks and can result in invalid field types its use



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     is strongly discouraged.

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     ERR_get_error(3), d2i_X509_NAME(3)

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