On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 01:29:28PM -0500, ian kremlin wrote:
> hi, this is my first time submitting a bug, please let me know if
> I'm doing anything wrong.
> 
Hi,

> OpenSSL irritatingly waits until after it generates diffie-hellman
> parameters to check to see if the outpath is writable, throwing them
> away if it is not:
> 
I wouldn't say this is a bug. Because if you create DH parameters and there is 
no way
to store them, the memory will be cleaned - I guess. :)
So, there is no way to read these parameters and use it for other stuff.

Besides I think this command operates as expected, Because the user enters it, 
then 
the DH parameters will be created and at the end they will be stored.

> $ uname -a
> OpenBSD uglyman.kremlin.cc 5.5 GENERIC.MP#165 amd64
> $ rm -rf baddir
> $ openssl dhparam -outform PEM -out baddir/test.pem 1024
> Generating DH parameters, 1024 bit long safe prime, generator 2
> This is going to take a long time
> <many breadcrumbs>
> baddir/test.pem: No such file or directory
> 
> thanks,
> ian
> 
fritjof

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