hoisting the alias definitions up into a function, so we can track them and eventuall...

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / security / create_certificates.sh

diff --git a/scripts/security/create_certificates.sh b/scripts/security/create_certificates.sh
index 72100fd82b887d4be4632bd2cc64fd842dbf67da..af8daaf957822bd61658e7ab49f87b10ba51faa5 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/security/create_certificates.sh
+++ b/scripts/security/create_certificates.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
 filename="$1"; shift
-alias="$1"; shift
-if [ -z "$filename" -o -z "$alias" ]; then
-  echo This script needs a base portion for the certificate filename to create
-  echo and the alias for the certificate.
+cert_alias="$1"; shift
+if [ -z "$filename" -o -z "$cert_alias" ]; then
+  echo "This script needs a base portion for the certificate filename to create"
+  echo "and the alias (or short name) for the certificate."
   echo For example:
   echo -e "\t$(basename $0 .sh) DrakeKey \"DrakeContainer\""
-  echo would create DrakeKey.pem and DrakeKey.pfx with an alias of DrakeContainer.
+  echo would create DrakeKey.pem and DrakeKey.pfx with a cert alias of DrakeContainer.
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 \
   -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout ${filename}.pem -out ${filename}.pem
 
 # export the PEM to a PFX file.
-openssl pkcs12 -export -out ${filename}.pfx -in ${filename}.pem -name "$alias"
+openssl pkcs12 -export -out ${filename}.pfx -in ${filename}.pem -name "$cert_alias"
 
 # export the PEM to a DER certificate file.
 openssl x509 -inform pem -in ${filename}.pem -outform der -out ${filename}.cer