security
Administer keychains, keys, certificates and the Security framework. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/security.html.
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List all available keychains:
security list-keychains
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Delete a specific keychain:
security delete-keychain {{path/to/file.keychain}}
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Create a keychain:
security create-keychain -p {{password}} {{path/to/file.keychain}}
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Set a certificate to use with a website or [s]ervice by its [c]ommon name (fails if several certificates with the same common name exist):
security set-identity-preference -s {{URL|hostname|service}} -c "{{common_name}}" {{path/to/file.keychain}}
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Add a certificate from file to a [k]eychain (if -k isn't specified, the default keychain is used):
security add-certificates -k {{file.keychain}} {{path/to/cert_file.pem}}
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Add a CA certificate to the per-user Trust Settings:
security add-trusted-cert -k {{path/to/user-keychain.keychain-db}} {{path/to/ca-cert_file.pem}}
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Remove a CA certificate from the per-user Trust Settings:
security remove-trusted-cert {{path/to/ca-cert_file.pem}}
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