--- ca.c.orig	2005-09-30 18:47:15.000000000 +0200
+++ ca.c	2006-07-13 18:03:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
 #endif
 " -status serial  - Shows certificate status given the serial number\n",
 " -updatedb       - Updates db for expired certificates\n",
+" -directupdate   - Update the index.txt directly\n",
 NULL
 };
 
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@
 #endif
 	char *tofree=NULL;
 	DB_ATTR db_attr;
+	int directupdate=0;
 
 #ifdef EFENCE
 EF_PROTECT_FREE=1;
@@ -537,6 +539,11 @@
 			engine= *(++argv);
 			}
 #endif
+		else if (strcmp(*argv,"-directupdate") == 0)
+			{
+			directupdate=1;
+			}
+
 		else
 			{
 bad:
@@ -876,6 +883,9 @@
 		lookup_fail(section,ENV_DATABASE);
 		goto err;
 		}
+
+      if(!directupdate)
+      {
 	db = load_index(dbfile, &db_attr);
 	if (db == NULL) goto err;
 
@@ -940,6 +950,7 @@
 		}
 	
 	if (!index_index(db)) goto err;
+   }
 
 	/*****************************************************************/
 	/* Update the db file for expired certificates */
@@ -1261,8 +1272,10 @@
 			BIO_printf(bio_err,"Write out database with %d new entries\n",sk_X509_num(cert_sk));
 
 			if (!save_serial(serialfile,"new",serial,NULL)) goto err;
-
-			if (!save_index(dbfile, "new", db)) goto err;
+                        if (!directupdate)
+	                        {
+				if (!save_index(dbfile, "new", db)) goto err;
+				}
 			}
 	
 		if (verbose)
@@ -1911,8 +1924,9 @@
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"Memory allocation failure\n");
 		goto err;
 		}
-
-	if (db->attributes.unique_subject)
+if (!directudates)
+{
+        if(db->attributes.unique_subject)
 		{
 		rrow=TXT_DB_get_by_index(db->db,DB_name,row);
 		if (rrow != NULL)
@@ -1963,6 +1977,7 @@
 		goto err;
 		}
 
+	}
 	/* We are now totally happy, lets make and sign the certificate */
 	if (verbose)
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"Everything appears to be ok, creating and signing the certificate\n");
@@ -2169,16 +2184,46 @@
 		}
 	irow[DB_NUMBER]=NULL;
 
-	if (!TXT_DB_insert(db->db,irow))
-		{
-		BIO_printf(bio_err,"failed to update database\n");
-		BIO_printf(bio_err,"TXT_DB error number %ld\n",db->db->error);
-		goto err;
-		}
+
+        if(directupdate)
+        {
+		char *dbfile=NULL;
+
+		if ((dbfile=NCONF_get_string(conf,section,ENV_DATABASE)) == NULL)
+			{
+			lookup_fail(section,ENV_DATABASE);
+			goto err;
+			}
+
+		FILE *Handle=fopen(dbfile,"a");
+	        if(Handle!=NULL)
+	        {
+	          fprintf(Handle,"%s\t%s\t\t%s\tunknown\t%s\n",irow[0],irow[1],irow[3],irow[5]);
+	          fclose(Handle);
+	          printf("Saved successfully!\n");
+	        }
+	        else
+	        {
+	          printf("Error saving to database\n");
+	        }
+        	//printf("%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n",irow[0],irow[1],irow[2],irow[3],irow[5],irow[6]);
+	}
+        else
+        {
+		if (!TXT_DB_insert(db->db,irow))
+			{
+			BIO_printf(bio_err,"failed to update database\n");
+			BIO_printf(bio_err,"TXT_DB error number %ld\n",db->db->error);
+			goto err;
+			}
+	}
 	ok=1;
 err:
-	for (i=0; i<DB_NUMBER; i++)
-		if (row[i] != NULL) OPENSSL_free(row[i]);
+	if(!directupdate)
+		{
+		for (i=0; i<DB_NUMBER; i++)
+			if (row[i] != NULL) OPENSSL_free(row[i]);
+		}
 
 	if (CAname != NULL)
 		X509_NAME_free(CAname);