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X509_NAME_ADD_ENTRY_BY_TXT(3)	    OpenSSL	 X509_NAME_ADD_ENTRY_BY_TXT(3)

NAME
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt, X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ,
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID, X509_NAME_add_entry,	X509_NAME_delete_entry
       - X509_NAME modification	functions

SYNOPSIS
	#include <openssl/x509.h>

	int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(X509_NAME *name,	const char *field, int type,
				       const unsigned char *bytes, int len, int	loc, int set);

	int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name,	const ASN1_OBJECT *obj,	int type,
				       const unsigned char *bytes, int len, int	loc, int set);

	int X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID(X509_NAME *name,	int nid, int type,
				       const unsigned char *bytes, int len, int	loc, int set);

	int X509_NAME_add_entry(X509_NAME *name, const X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int	loc, int set);

	X509_NAME_ENTRY	*X509_NAME_delete_entry(X509_NAME *name, int loc);

DESCRIPTION
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ() and
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() add	a field	whose name is defined by a
       string field, an	object obj or a	NID nid	respectively.  The field value
       to be added is in bytes of length len. If len is	-1 then	the field
       length is calculated internally using strlen(bytes).

       The type	of field is determined by type which can either	be a
       definition of the type of bytes (such as	MBSTRING_ASC) or a standard
       ASN1 type (such as V_ASN1_IA5STRING). The new entry is added to a
       position	determined by loc and set.

       X509_NAME_add_entry() adds a copy of X509_NAME_ENTRY structure ne to
       name. The new entry is added to a position determined by	loc and	set.
       Since a copy of ne is added ne must be freed up after the call.

       X509_NAME_delete_entry()	deletes	an entry from name at position loc.
       The deleted entry is returned and must be freed up.

NOTES
       The use of string types such as MBSTRING_ASC or MBSTRING_UTF8 is
       strongly	recommended for	the type parameter. This allows	the internal
       code to correctly determine the type of the field and to	apply length
       checks according	to the relevant	standards. This	is done	using
       ASN1_STRING_set_by_NID().

       If instead an ASN1 type is used no checks are performed and the
       supplied	data in	bytes is used directly.

       In X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt() the field string	represents the field
       name using OBJ_txt2obj(field, 0).

       The loc and set parameters determine where a new	entry should be	added.
       For almost all applications loc can be set to -1	and set	to 0. This
       adds a new entry	to the end of name as a	single valued
       RelativeDistinguishedName (RDN).

       loc actually determines the index where the new entry is	inserted: if
       it is -1	it is appended.

       set determines how the new type is added. If it is zero a new RDN is
       created.

       If set is -1 or 1 it is added to	the previous or	next RDN structure
       respectively. This will then be a multivalued RDN: since	multivalues
       RDNs are	very seldom used set is	almost always set to zero.

RETURN VALUES
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(), X509_NAME_add_entry_by_OBJ(),
       X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID() and	X509_NAME_add_entry() return 1 for
       success of 0 if an error	occurred.

       X509_NAME_delete_entry()	returns	either the deleted X509_NAME_ENTRY
       structure of NULL if an error occurred.

EXAMPLES
       Create an X509_NAME structure:

       "C=UK, O=Disorganized Organization, CN=Joe Bloggs"

	X509_NAME *nm;

	nm = X509_NAME_new();
	if (nm == NULL)
	    /* Some error */
	if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "C", MBSTRING_ASC,
					"UK", -1, -1, 0))
	    /* Error */
	if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "O", MBSTRING_ASC,
					"Disorganized Organization", -1, -1, 0))
	    /* Error */
	if (!X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(nm, "CN", MBSTRING_ASC,
					"Joe Bloggs", -1, -1, 0))
	    /* Error */

BUGS
       type can	still be set to	V_ASN1_APP_CHOOSE to use a different algorithm
       to determine field types. Since this form does not understand
       multicharacter types, performs no length	checks and can result in
       invalid field types its use is strongly discouraged.

SEE ALSO
       ERR_get_error(3), d2i_X509_NAME(3)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2002-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors.	All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed	under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You	may not	use
       this file except	in compliance with the License.	 You can obtain	a copy
       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

1.1.1k				  2021-03-25	 X509_NAME_ADD_ENTRY_BY_TXT(3)

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