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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2022-07-27 10:18:17 +0200
committerHugo Landau <hlandau@openssl.org>2023-04-27 15:45:38 +0100
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apps/smime: Point out that the six operations are mutually exclusive and add check
Reviewed-by: Hugo Landau <hlandau@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/18917)
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-rw-r--r--doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
index e438c866c3..1460221e13 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-smime.pod.in
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ and verify S/MIME messages.
=head1 OPTIONS
-There are six operation options that set the type of operation to be performed.
+There are six operation options that set the type of operation to be performed:
+B<-encrypt>, B<-decrypt>, B<-sign>, B<-resign>, B<-verify>, and B<-pk7out>.
+These are mutually exclusive.
The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation type.
=over 4
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ Sign mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
the message to be signed. The signed message in MIME format is written
to the output file.
+=item B<-resign>
+
+Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
+
=item B<-verify>
Verify signed mail. Expects a signed mail message on input and outputs
@@ -97,10 +103,6 @@ the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
Takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded PKCS#7 structure.
-=item B<-resign>
-
-Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
-
=item B<-in> I<filename>
The input message to be encrypted or signed or the MIME message to