Action (-ACTION)
Use the Action adapter command (-ACTION) to specify what action needs to be performed by the adapter.
-ACTION action
The following table lists the action values and their meaning:
- Action
- Meaning
- SIGN
- Only sign the message and return the signed data. The -PW adapter command must be specified along with this action to specify the password used to access the signer's private key. The -USER adapter command might be used to specify the signer other than the default user.
- ENCRYPT
- Only encrypt the message and return the encrypted data. The -R adapter command must be used along with this action to specify the user for which the message is being encrypted.
- SIGNANDENCRYPT
- Sign and encrypt the message and return the signed and encrypted data.
- VERIFY
- Only verify the signed message. No data is returned.
- DECRYPT
- Only decrypt the encrypted message and return the original data. If the message is signed, the signature is verified as well. This is the default action.
- VERIFYANDDECRYPT
- Same as DECRYPT. The signature is automatically verified if it is present in the encrypted message.