gnutls_x509_privkey_import_openssl(3)

gnutls_x509_privkey_import_openssl3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_privkey_import_openssl(gnutls_x509_privkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * data, const char * password);

Arguments

gnutls_x509_privkey_t key

The data to store the parsed key

const gnutls_datum_t * data

The DER or PEM encoded key.

const char * password

the password to decrypt the key (if it is encrypted).

Overview

This function will convert the given PEM encrypted to the native gnutls_x509_privkey_t format. The output will be stored in key .

The password should be in ASCII. If the password is not provided or wrong then GNUTLS_E_DECRYPTION_FAILED will be returned.

If the Certificate is PEM encoded it should have a header of "PRIVATE KEY" and the "DEK-Info" header.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.