gnutls_x509_privkey_set_flags(3)

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version 3.8.13 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

💅 gnutls_x509_privkey_set_flags — the glow-up your private key asked for

okay so bestie, this one lives in the gnutls manual, and it's literally the function that lets you slap flags onto a private key after it already exists. no biggie, but kinda iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

gnutls_x509_privkey_set_flags — API function 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

void gnutls_x509_privkey_set_flags(gnutls_x509_privkey_t key, unsigned int flags);

like, that's the whole vibe. you pull in the header, you call the thing, done. 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • gnutls_x509_privkey_t key — a key of type gnutls_x509_privkey_t. yes it's the same type twice, that's just how C rolls, we don't make the rules. 🙈
  • unsigned int flags — the flags, and they come from the gnutls_privkey_flags family. pick your fighter. ✨

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea: this function sets flags for the specified private key, after it is generated. like, post-glow-up customization. you already made the key, now you're telling it how to behave.

currently this is useful for the GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_FLAG_EXPORT_COMPAT flag, which allows exporting a "provable" private key in a backwards compatible way. that's the whole use case rn — but she's serving, so. 💅

⭐ SINCE ⭐

3.5.0 — an elder, honestly. been holding it down.

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

(translation: go off, share it, just keep the receipts. 🫶)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form, then go visit:

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

that's the plug, bestie. iykyk. 🔥

and that's a wrap, my love 🎀 this page came to you from the gnutls manual, version 3.8.13 — signed, sealed, and serving main character energy. periodt. 💖✨

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