C_SignInit

This function operates as specified in PKCS#11.

In addition it is required to specify the signing key and signing mechanism used to create X509 certificates with the CKM_ENCODE_X_509, CKM_ENCODE_LOCAL_CERT and CKM_ENCODE_PKCS10 mechanisms.

If the CKF_LOGIN_REQUIRED flag is set for the Token associated with the provided session, the session state must be either CKS_RW_USER_FUNCTIONS, or CKS_RO_USER_FUNCTIONS otherwise the error result CKR_USER_NOT_LOGGED_IN is returned.

If the object referenced by the hKey parameter has the CKA_USAGE_COUNT attribute its value is incremented by this function.

Synopsis

C_SignInit(
        CK_SESSION_HANDLE hSession,
        CK_MECHANISM_PTR pMechanism,
        CK_OBJECT_HANDLE hKey
);