security:tldr:5f570

security: Add a CA certificate to the per-user Trust Settings.

security

$ security add-trusted-cert -k ${path-to-user-keychain-keychain-db} ${path-to-ca-cert_file-pem}

try on your machine

The command "security add-trusted-cert -k ${path-to-user-keychain-keychain-db} ${path-to-ca-cert_file-pem}" is a command used in macOS's security command-line utility to add a certificate to the trusted certificates store in a user's keychain.

Here's a breakdown of the command and its components:

"security": This is the command-line utility in macOS used to interact with the Keychain Services API, which manages cryptographic keys, certificates, and other security credentials.
"add-trusted-cert": This is a subcommand of the "security" utility used to add a certificate to the trusted certificates store in a keychain.
"-k ${path-to-user-keychain-keychain-db}": This option specifies the path to the user's keychain database file (.keychain-db). The placeholder "${path-to-user-keychain-keychain-db}" should be replaced with the actual path to the keychain file.
"${path-to-ca-cert_file-pem}": This should be replaced with the path to the CA (Certificate Authority) certificate file in PEM format (.pem). The CA certificate is the certificate that will be added to the trusted certificates.

Therefore, by running this command and providing the appropriate paths to the user's keychain database file and the CA certificate file in PEM format, the CA certificate will be added to the user's trusted certificates store in their keychain.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

back to the security tool