Delete object

This article is valid from CM 8.0.

This article describes the syntax for how to delete an object. The hwsetup command line tool, included in Nexus Certificate Manager (CM), is used.

Syntax

Syntax: Delete object

hwsetup -libname <pkcs11lib> [-slot <slot#>] [-pin <PIN>] [-nopinpad]
[-id <string>] [-label <string>] [-login user|so]
{-remove | -removeall | -removecerts}

Options and arguments

For a description of the options libname, slot, pin, nopinpad, and login and their arguments, see Generate DSA/EC/RSA key pair.

Options and Arguments	Description

Options and Arguments	Description
remove	Use `remove` to delete all objects for a given slot.
removeall	Use `removeall` to delete all objects in the given slot.
removecert	Use `removecerts` to delete the certificate objects for the given slot, id and label.
id <string>	Delete the objects where the `CKA_ID` attribute contains the specified string, case insensitive string match.
label <string>	Delete the objects where the `CKA_LABEL` attribute contains the specified string, case insensitive string match.

Examples

To delete all objects in a slot:

Example: Delete all objects in slot

hwsetup -libname crypto -slot 1 -pin abcd -removeall

To delete the certificate objects for a given slot and id:

Example: Delete the certificate objects for given slot and id

hwsetup -libname crypto -pin abcd -slot 1 -id mykey -removecerts