NAME
gjarsigner - Java ARchive (JAR) file signing and verification tool
SYNOPSIS
jarsigner [OPTION]... FILE ALIAS
jarsigner -verify [OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
When the first form is used, the tool signs the designated JAR file.
The second form, on the other hand, is used to verify a previously
signed JAR file.
FILE is the .JAR file to process; i.e. to sign if the first syntax form
is used, or to verify if the second syntax form is used instead.
ALIAS must be a known Alias of a Key Entry in the designated Key Store.
The private key material associated with this Alias is then used for
signing the designated .JAR file.
OPTIONS
Common options
The following options may be used when the tool is used for either
signing, or verifying, a .JAR file.
-verbose
Use this option to force the tool to generate more verbose
messages, during its processing.
-internalsf
When present, the tool will include --which otherwise it does not--
the ".SF" file in the ".DSA" generated file.
-sectionsonly
When present, the tool will include in the ".SF" generated file
--which otherwise it does not-- a header containing a hash of the
whole manifest file. When that header is included, the tool can
quickly check, during verification, if the hash (in the header)
matches or not the manifest file.
-provider PROVIDER_CLASS_NAME
A fully qualified class name of a Security Provider to add to the
current list of Security Providers already installed in the JVM in-
use. If a provider class is specified with this option, and was
successfully added to the runtime --i.e. it was not already
installed-- then the tool will attempt to remove this Security
Provider before exiting.
-help
Prints a help text similar to this one.
Signing options
The following options may be specified when using the tool for signing
purposes.
-keystore URL
Use this option to specify the location of the key store to use.
The default value is a file URL referencing the file named
.keystore located in the path returned by the call to
"java.lang.System#getProperty(String)" using "user.home" as
argument.
If a URL was specified, but was found to be malformed --e.g.
missing protocol element-- the tool will attempt to use the URL
value as a file-name (with absolute or relative path-name) of a key
store --as if the protocol was "file:".
-storetype STORE_TYPE
Use this option to specify the type of the key store to use. The
default value, if this option is omitted, is that of the property
"keystore.type" in the security properties file, which is obtained
by invoking the static method call "getDefaultType()" in
"java.security.KeyStore".
-storepass PASSWORD
Use this option to specify the password which will be used to
unlock the key store. If this option is missing, the User will be
prompted to provide a password.
-keypass PASSWORD
Use this option to specify the password which the tool will use to
unlock the Key Entry associated with the designated Alias.
If this option is omitted, the tool will first attempt to unlock
the Key Entry using the same password protecting the key store. If
this fails, you will then be prompted to provide a password.
-sigfile NAME
Use this option to designate a literal that will be used to
construct file names for both the ".SF" and ".DSA" signature files.
These files will be generated, by the tool, and placed in the
META-INF directory of the signed JAR. Permissible characters for
NAME must be in the range "a-zA-Z0-9_-". All characters will be
converted to upper-case ones.
If this option is missing, the first eight characters of the ALIAS
argument will be used. When this is the case, any character in
ALIAS that is outside the permissible range of characters will be
replaced by an underscore.
-signedjar FILE
Use this option to specify the file name of the signed JAR. If this
option is omitted, then the signed JAR will be named the same as
FILE; i.e. the input JAR file will be replaced with the signed
copy.
Verification options
The following options may be specified when using the tool for
verification purposes.
-verify
Use this option to indicate that the tool is to be used for
verification purposes.
-certs
This option is used in conjunction with the -verbose option. When
present, along with the -verbose option, the tool will print more
detailed information about the certificates of the signer(s) being
processed.
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