But still I get PEM password prompt. Can anybody explain me how to avoid this prompt also.
Command line/cnf file. Does not matter since security is not an issue Thanks -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr. Stephen Henson Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to avoid Console/user inputs prompts. On Fri, May 28, 2004, Jaleel P.A wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am new to SSL. When I try to generate CA/User certificate using openSSL, I > was asked for too many inputs. > > For CA: > openssl req -new -x509 -keyout ./1/ca.pem -out ./2/ca.pem -days 100 > > For User Certificate : > openssl req -new -keyout abc.pem -out abc.pem -days 100 > > when I execute these, I was asked for the following inputs : > > Enter PEM pass phrase: > Verifying - Enter PEM pass phrase: > Country Name (2 letter code): > State or Province Name (full name): > Locality Name (eg, city): > Organization Name (eg, company): > Organizational Unit Name (eg, section): > Common Name (eg, YOUR name): > Email Address: > A challenge password []: > An optional company name []: > Enter pass phrase for ./1/ca.pem: > > Is it possible to avoid all these inputs by sending appropriate command line > arguments. If so, please give an example > > Please let me know is there is any other approach for this. > Check out the template mode of req in the req manual page. This allows you to specify all the inputs to req using a config file. Its also possible to use environment variable substiturion within a config file to allow arguments to be specified in the environment. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
