/p>

</dd>
</dl>

<h1 id="DISTINGUISHED-NAME-AND-ATTRIBUTE-SECTION-FORMAT">DISTINGUISHED NAME AND ATTRIBUTE SECTION FORMAT</h1>

<p>There are two separate formats for the distinguished name and attribute sections. If the <b>prompt</b> option is set to <b>no</b> then these sections just consist of field names and values: for example,</p>

<pre><code>CN=My Name
OU=My Organization
emailAddress=someone@somewhere.org</code></pre>

<p>This allows external programs (e.g. GUI based) to generate a template file with