Keywords › SUBJECTN—Certificates DN

SUBJECTN—Certificates DN

Valid on z/OS.

Use the SUBJECTN keyword to specify the ACID's distinguished name in a digital certificate. The values override the values contained in the certificate request in the DCDSN data set. The attributes can consist of:

• 229 characters for a self‑signed certificate
• 255 characters for a non‑self‑signed certificate

You can use A‑Z and 0‑9. The exception is C=COUNTRY. This is a 2‑digit value field.

If DCDSN or SUBJECTN is not specified, the SUBJECTN defaults to the acid's name field.

Notes:

• If any of the values contain blanks, they must be enclosed in double quotes.
• The complete SUBJECTN phrase is enclosed in parentheses and single quotes.
• The attributes are separated by spaces. No matter how many spaces there are between attributes, they count as one space.
• Each attributes has a limit of 64 characters

This keyword has the following format:

TSS GENCERT SUBJECTN{('CN="common‑name"
                     T="title"
                     OU="organizational‑unit‑name1,
                       organizational‑unit‑name2"
                     O="organizational‑name"
                     L="locality"
                     ST="state—or—province"
                     C="2‑digit‑only‑country"')}

This keyword used with:

• The GENCERT command
• The ACID types User, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, and SCA
• ACID(MAINTAIN)and MISC4(CERTGEN) authority
• MISC4(CERTSITE) for CERTSITE ACID and MISC4(CERTAUTH) for CERTAUTH ACID