[#EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md]
= EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md
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Set the message digest used when signing or verifying with `ctx.`

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
int
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(
    xref:EVP_PKEY_CTX.adoc[EVP_PKEY_CTX]* ctx,
    xref:EVP_MD.adoc[EVP_MD] const* md);
----

== Return Value

1 on success, or a non‐positive value on error.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *ctx*
| Key context configured for a signature operation.
| *md*
| Digest algorithm (for example EVP_sha256()), or NULL to clear.
|===


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