openssl/doc/crypto/X509_check_ca.pod
Rich Salz c03726ca41 Various doc fixes.
Make all mention of digest algorithm use "any supported algorithm"

RT2071, some new manpages from Victor B. Wagner <vitus@cryptocom.ru>:
    X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir.pod
    X509_check_ca.pod
    X509_check_issued.pod

RT 1600:
    Remove references to non-existant objects(3)
    Add RETURN VALUES to BIO_do_accept page.

RT1818:
    RSA_sign Can return values other than 0 on failure.

RT3634:
    Fix AES CBC aliases (Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden@yandex.com>)

RT3678:
    Some clarifications to BIO_new_pair
    (Devchandra L Meetei <dlmeetei@gmail.com>)

RT3787:
    Fix some EVP_ function return values
    (Laetitia Baudoin <lbaudoin@google.com>)

Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
2015-08-27 14:27:28 -04:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
X509_check_ca - check if given certificate is CA certificate
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/x509v3.h>
int X509_check_ca(X509 *cert);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This function checks if given certificate is CA certificate (can be used
to sign other certificates).
=head1 RETURN VALUE
Function return 0, if it is not CA certificate, 1 if it is proper X509v3
CA certificate with B<basicConstraints> extension CA:TRUE,
3, if it is selfsigned X509 v1 certificate, 4, if it is certificate with
B<keyUsage> extension with bit B<keyCertSign> set, but without
B<basicConstraints>, and 5 if it has outdated Netscape Certificate Type
extension telling that it is CA certificate.
Actually, any non-zero value means that this certificate could have been
used to sign other certificates.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<X509_verify_cert(3)>,
L<X509_check_issued(3)>,
L<X509_check_purpose(3)>
=cut