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diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8 index 76b7bfd..6d4f3cf 100644 --- a/doc/openvpn.8 +++ b/doc/openvpn.8 @@ -4790,12 +4790,44 @@ the tls-verify script returns. The file name used for the certificate is available via the peer_cert environment variable. .\"********************************************************* .TP -.B \-\-x509-username-field fieldname -Field in x509 certificate subject to be used as username (default=CN). -.B Fieldname -will be uppercased before matching. When this option is used, the -.B \-\-verify-x509-username -option will match against the chosen fieldname instead of the CN. +.B \-\-x509-username-field [ext:\]fieldname +Field in the X.509 certificate subject to be used as the username (default=CN). +Typically, this option is specified with +.B fieldname +as either of the following: + +.B \-\-x509-username-field +emailAddress +.br +.B \-\-x509-username-field ext:\fRsubjectAltName + +The first example uses the value of the "emailAddress" attribute in the +certificate's Subject field as the username. The second example uses +the +.B ext: +prefix to signify that the X.509 extension +.B fieldname +"subjectAltName" be searched for an rfc822Name (email) field to be used +as the username. In cases where there are multiple email addresses +in +.B ext:fieldname\fR, +the last occurrence is chosen. + +When this option is used, the +.B \-\-verify-x509-name +option will match against the chosen +.B fieldname +instead of the Common Name. + +.B Please note: +This option has a feature which will convert an all-lowercase +.B fieldname +to uppercase characters, e.g., ou -> OU. A mixed-case +.B fieldname +or one having the +.B ext: +prefix will be left as-is. This automatic upcasing feature +is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. .\"********************************************************* .TP .B \-\-tls-remote name (DEPRECATED) |