From 8168b0d7d8b6a2d4929d8470ff9d2845d76e724d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Harmsen Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:59:32 -0700 Subject: Attempt to clarify pki-cert-request-review command * PKI TRAC Ticket #585 - 'pki cert-request-review' --output creates a file only when --action attribute is not present --- base/java-tools/man/man1/pki-cert.1 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'base/java-tools/man') diff --git a/base/java-tools/man/man1/pki-cert.1 b/base/java-tools/man/man1/pki-cert.1 index bde8bd2b2..88a470cd2 100644 --- a/base/java-tools/man/man1/pki-cert.1 +++ b/base/java-tools/man/man1/pki-cert.1 @@ -144,11 +144,15 @@ Then, an agent needs to review the request by running the following command: .B pki ca-cert-request-review --file -The certificate request, as well as the defaults and constraints of the enrollment profile, will be stored in the output file provided by the --file option. The agent can examine the file and override any values if necessary. To process the request, enter the appropriate action when prompted: +The --file and --action options are mutually exclusive (i. e. - only one or the other may be specified during command invocation). + +If the --file option is specified, the certificate request, as well as the defaults and constraints of the enrollment profile, will be retrieved and stored in the output file provided by the --file option. The agent can examine the file and override any values if necessary. To process the request, enter the appropriate action when prompted: .B Action (approve/reject/cancel/update/validate/assign/unassign): -Alternatively, the agent can process the request in a single step with the following command: +The request in the file will be read in, and the specified action will be applied against it. + +Alternatively, when no changes to the request are necessary, the agent can process the request in a single step using the --action option with the following command: .B pki ca-cert-request-review --action -- cgit