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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/p11-kit-notes.xml | 48 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/p11-kit-config.xml b/doc/p11-kit-config.xml index 76b3fa2..7c28f86 100644 --- a/doc/p11-kit-config.xml +++ b/doc/p11-kit-config.xml @@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ user-config: merge <para>One module configuration file per module: <literal>/etc/pkcs11/modules/my-module</literal></para> <programlisting> -# This setting controls the actual module library to load. This config file might -# be installed by the package that installs this module library. -module: /usr/lib/my-pkcs11-module.so +# This setting controls the actual module library to load. This config file +# might be installed by the package that installs this module library. This +# is not an absolute path name. Relative path names are loaded from the +# $(libdir)/pkcs11 directory by default. +module: my-pkcs11-module.so # This controls whether the module is required to successfully initialize. If 'yes', then # a failure to load or initialize this module will result in a p11-kit system failure. @@ -110,20 +112,22 @@ critical: yes <section id="config-module"> <title>Module Configuration</title> - <para>Each configured PKCS#11 module has its own config file. The - location(s) of these files are described below. Most importantly each - config file specifies the location of the PKCS#11 module to load. Each - module config file has the following fields:</para> + <para>Each configured PKCS#11 module has its own config file. These files + can be <link linkend="config-locations">placed in various locations</link>. + Most importantly each config file specifies the path of the PKCS#11 module to + load. A module config file has the following fields:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>module:</term> <listitem> - <para>The absolute path to the PKCS#11 module to load. + <para>The filename of the PKCS#11 module to load. This should include an extension like <literal>.so</literal></para> <para>If this value is blank, then the module will be ignored. This can be used in the user configs to override loading of a module specified in the system configuration.</para> + <para>If this is a relative path, then the module will be loaded + from the <link linkend="notes-paths-modules">default module directory</link>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -174,16 +178,19 @@ critical: yes files and a file for global configuration. Optionally each user can provide additional configuration or override the system configuration.</para> - <para>The system global configuration file is in + <para>The system global configuration file is usually in <literal>/etc/pkcs11/pkcs11.conf</literal> and the user global configuration file is in <literal>~/.pkcs11/pkcs11.conf</literal> in the user's home directory.</para> - <para> - The module config files are located in the - <literal>/etc/pkcs11/modules</literal> directory, with one configuration - file per module. In addition the <literal>~/.pkcs11/modules</literal> - directory can be used for modules installed by the user. - </para> + <para>The module config files are usually located in the + <literal>/etc/pkcs11/modules</literal> directory, with one configuration + file per module. In addition the <literal>~/.pkcs11/modules</literal> directory + can be used for modules installed by the user.</para> + + <para>The default system config file and module directory can be changed + when building p11-kit. Always + <link linkend="notes-paths">lookup these paths</link> using + <literal>pkg-config</literal>.</para> </section> </chapter> diff --git a/doc/p11-kit-docs.sgml b/doc/p11-kit-docs.sgml index 1bfb571..8e8c933 100644 --- a/doc/p11-kit-docs.sgml +++ b/doc/p11-kit-docs.sgml @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <xi:include href="p11-kit-config.xml"/> <xi:include href="p11-kit-sharing.xml"/> + <xi:include href="p11-kit-notes.xml"/> <chapter xml:id="reference"> <title>Reference</title> diff --git a/doc/p11-kit-notes.xml b/doc/p11-kit-notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e030824 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/p11-kit-notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [ +]> +<chapter xml:id="config"> + <title>Developer and Packager Notes</title> + + <section id="notes-paths"> + <title>Using pkg-config to determine paths</title> + + <para>Developers or packagers of PKCS#11 modules need to install various + files into specific locations so that p11-kit will recognize and load the + module correctly.</para> + + <para>You should use <literal>pkg-config</literal> as described below + to determine configuration paths. p11-kit installs a + <literal>pkg-config</literal> file called <literal>p11-kit-1.pc</literal>. + This file contains all the information about the various paths that p11-kit + looks for files at.</para> + + <section id="notes-paths-config"> + <title>Path to place module configuration</title> + + <para>As described in the <link linkend="config-module">module configuration</link> + documentation, each PKCS#11 module should install a config file describing + that module. These config files should be installed to a specific directory which + can be determined by running:</para> + + <programlisting> +$ <command>pkg-config p11-kit-1 --variable p11_system_config_modules</command> +/etc/pkcs11/modules</programlisting> + </section> + + <section id="notes-paths-modules"> + <title>Default path for modules with relative paths</title> + + <para>If a <link linkend="config-module">module configuration</link> + contains a relative path in its <literal>module:</literal> setting, + then that module will be loaded from the default module path. This + path can be determined by running:</para> + + <programlisting> +$ <command>pkg-config p11-kit-1 --variable p11_module_path</command> +/usr/lib64/pkcs11</programlisting> + </section> + + </section> + +</chapter> diff --git a/doc/p11-kit.xml b/doc/p11-kit.xml index a040da8..3c8a318 100644 --- a/doc/p11-kit.xml +++ b/doc/p11-kit.xml @@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ <xi:include href="p11-kit-config.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <xi:fallback/> </xi:include> + <xi:include href="p11-kit-notes.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> + <xi:fallback/> + </xi:include> </article> diff --git a/doc/style.css b/doc/style.css index 67ffff3..a4aa19e 100644 --- a/doc/style.css +++ b/doc/style.css @@ -79,5 +79,7 @@ H2 { } H3 { + position: relative; + left: -1em; font-weight: normal !important; } |