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Subject: [exim-cvs] Docs: point out that a DKIM private key file needs to be readable
Gitweb: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/662006acc3ead8458218d1d8870b5587726ecf8f
Commit:     662006acc3ead8458218d1d8870b5587726ecf8f
Parent:     4d756df0d59a0dfa02d453ae3dd666e180e6fbfc
Author:     Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Mon Sep 30 18:23:01 2024 +0100
Committer:  Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Mon Sep 30 18:25:08 2024 +0100


    Docs: point out that a DKIM private key file needs to be readable
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 doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 18f92404a..f3bf5ea8e 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -41904,8 +41904,9 @@ To generate keys under OpenSSL:
openssl genrsa -out dkim_rsa.private 2048
openssl rsa -in dkim_rsa.private -out /dev/stdout -pubout -outform PEM
.endd
-The result file from the first command should be retained, and
-this option set to use it.
+The result file from the first command should be retained,
+permissions set so that Exim can read it,
+and this option set to use it.
Take the base-64 lines from the output of the second command, concatenated,
for the DNS TXT record.
See section 3.6 of RFC6376 for the record specification.

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