---
name: "PKCS12_add_friendlyname_asc"
section: "3ssl"
platform: "linux"
package: "openssl"
version: "3.6.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PKCS12_add_friendlyname_asc"
---

# PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_asc(3ssl)

Functions to add the friendlyname attribute to a PKCS#12 safeBag

## NAME

PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_asc, PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_utf8, PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_uni - Functions to add the friendlyname attribute to a PKCS#12 safeBag

## SYNOPSIS

```
 #include <openssl/pkcs12.h>
 int PKCS12_add_friendlyname_asc(PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag, const char *name,
                                 int namelen);
 int PKCS12_add_friendlyname_utf8(PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag, const char *name,
                                 int namelen);
 int PKCS12_add_friendlyname_uni(PKCS12_SAFEBAG *bag,
                                 const unsigned char *name, int namelen);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_asc()** adds an ASCII string representation of the PKCS#9 friendlyName attribute to a PKCS#12 safeBag.

**PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_utf8()** adds a UTF-8 string representation of the PKCS#9 friendlyName attribute to a PKCS#12 safeBag.

**PKCS12\_add\_friendlyname\_uni()** adds a Unicode string representation of the PKCS#9 friendlyName attribute to a PKCS#12 safeBag.

*bag* is the **PKCS12\_SAFEBAG** to add the attribute to.

## RETURN VALUES

Returns 1 for success or 0 for failure.

## SEE ALSO

**PKCS12\_get\_friendlyname**(3)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at \<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html\>.