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authorBenjamin Fry <[email protected]>2017-02-20 14:48:49 -0800
committerBenjamin Fry <[email protected]>2017-02-20 14:48:49 -0800
commit9b24698aeee96e2089b74656e33a401f8f9fb5e1 (patch)
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parentMerge pull request #584 from sfackler/more-error-info (diff)
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-rw-r--r--openssl/src/x509/mod.rs17
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diff --git a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
index 4df05ad0..1a5f164b 100644
--- a/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/x509/mod.rs
@@ -326,6 +326,23 @@ impl X509Builder {
}
/// Sets the subject name of the certificate.
+ ///
+ /// When building certificates, the `C`, `ST`, and `O` options are required for the certificate to be a valid certificate in OpenSSL.
+ /// The `CN` field is used for the common name, such as a DNS name.
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// use openssl::x509::{X509, X509NameBuilder};
+ ///
+ /// let mut x509_name = openssl::x509::X509NameBuilder::new().unwrap();
+ /// x509_name.append_entry_by_text("C", "US").unwrap();
+ /// x509_name.append_entry_by_text("ST", "CA").unwrap();
+ /// x509_name.append_entry_by_text("O", "Some organization").unwrap();
+ /// x509_name.append_entry_by_text("CN", "www.example.com").unwrap();
+ /// let x509_name = x509_name.build();
+ ///
+ /// let mut x509 = openssl::x509::X509::builder().unwrap();
+ /// x509.set_subject_name(&x509_name).unwrap();
+ /// ```
pub fn set_subject_name(&mut self, subject_name: &X509NameRef) -> Result<(), ErrorStack> {
unsafe {
cvt(ffi::X509_set_subject_name(self.0.as_ptr(), subject_name.as_ptr())).map(|_| ())