Don’t use ‘-config’ option for CSR, let the default configuration file be used,
it’s enough or maybe not needed at all
for CSRs.
openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout my_key.key -keyform PEM –out
my_request.csr -outform PEM
From: PRIYARANJAN NAYAK
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:03 PM
To: openssl-users@openssl.org
Subject: error while generating Certificate Signing Request
Hi ALL,
--> First I generate private key i.e my_key.key,then I am trying to Generate a
Certificate Signing Request:
while generating .csr file I faced this error .
C:\>C:\tmp_open_ssl\bin\openssl.exe req -new -key my_key.key -out
my_request.csr -config C:\tmp_open_ssl\ssl\openssl.cnf
WARNING: can't open config file: c:/tmp_open_ssl;/ssl/openssl.cnf
Error opening Private Key my_key.key
3464:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or
directory:.\crypto\bio\bss_file.c:398:fopen('my_key.key','rb')
3464:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system
lib:.\crypto\bio\bss_file.c:400:unable to load Private Key
Can any one help me about this error
Thanks
Priyaranjan
