On Mon, Jan 10, 2005, Servie Platon wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello openssl gurus,
> 
> I wanted to create my own private CA and use this to
> sign CSR's instead of requesting a commercial CA to
> sign my CSR.
> 
> I have downloaded the latest tar.gz file and was able
> to compile openssl without a problem.
> 
> To do the above, I made the following commands:
> 
> # openssl genrsa -des3 -rand
> random1:random2:random3:random4:random5 -out ca.key
> 1024
> 
> # openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -key ca.key -out
> ca.crt
> 
> # mv server.key private/
> 
> # mv ca.key private/
> 
> # mv ca.crt certs/
> 
> (up to here, no errors)
> 
> # sign.sh server.csr
> : bad interpreter: No such file or directory
> 
> Since it generated a bad intepreter error, I tried
> using:
> 
> # /usr/sbin/sign.sh server.csr
> 
> or
> 
> # /usr/sbin/sign.sh /etc/ssl/server.csr
> 
> but still generated the same problem.
> 
> I followed the instructions on how to make sign.sh at
> http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap24sec195.html
> 
> I am just wondering what went wrong and how to solve
> this problem. Any thoughts and help on this would be
> highly appreciated.
> 

I suggest you ignore that script: and use the CA.pl script and the appropriate
documentation instead.

Steve.
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