pfximport(1)                    pfximport manual                   pfximport(1)

NAME
       pfximport - imports PFX files (PKCS#12) into a certificate store

SYNOPSIS
       pfximport -x <PFX file> [-p <password>] [-s user|computer]

DESCRIPTION
       pfximport is just a small tool around some Windows API functions, which
       allows you to import PFX files from the commandline without user
       interaction.
       In fact it uses the same dialog which appears, if you
       open a PFX file in Explorer - but it is called with a flag set, which
       says, that the dialog should not appear - that's all.

       If the PFX is encrypted with a password, you have to provide it with
       the -p option. With the -s option you specify the target "store",
       where the imported certificate should be written to.

OPTIONS
       -x <PFX file>
              Specifies the path to the PFX file to import.

       -p <password>
              Password used to encrypt the PFX file while creation. If you
              didn't use a password, there is no need for this option.

       -s user | computer
              Says where the imported data should be written to.
              "user" stands for the "current user's" certificate store.
              "computer" stands for the "local computer's" certificate store.
              If this option isn't used, Windows somehow tries to guess which
              store is the right one ...

EXAMPLES
       pfximport -x MIMG1.p12 -s computer
              Imports the PFX file MIMG1.p12 into the local computer's
              certificate store.

NOTES
       This program hasn't been tested on many setups! There sometimes is a
       very strange behaviour which seems to reverse the meaning of the
       -s option. So using "-s computer" might end up with an import into
       the current user's store - and the other way round with "-s user".
       At the beginning I thought that the Windows API header files have some
       bad #define's, but then I tried pfximport on another setup and there
       all was ok.

       pfximport should work on Windows 2000 Professional/XP and above.

BUGS
       Well, this is a very "quick and dirty" tool - so there might be tons
       of bugs ... ;-)

AUTHOR
       Written by Joachim Förster <JOFT@gmx.de> .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006  Joachim Förster <JOFT@gmx.de>
       This program is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
       There is NO warrenty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
       PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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