Hi first sorry for the HTML the output from the output of ls -l /root/CA/* is
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1419 cacert.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 index.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 887 key.pem drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 newcerts -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2110 openssl.cnf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 private -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 875 req.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3 serial ls -l /root/CA/private* produces: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 963 cakey.pem I am using http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php as my template > > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CA Issues > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:13:37 +0000 > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:33:46 +0000, Paddy Tollan wrote: > > (please, avoid using html formatted messages) > > > Hi I am trying to generate a self signed CA certificate for a debian > > mail server I am able to start the process but when it comes to signing > > the certificate eg running the command openssl ca -out cert.pem -config > > ./openssl.cnf -infiles req.pem > > > > I get the error msg "error opening CA private key CA/private/cakey.pem > > no such file or directory error opening private key the directory and > > file is there at /root/CA/private/cakey.pem so not sure what to do to > > fix this any help valued i am using the file at this website as my base > > > > > > http://www.eclectica.ca/howto/ssl-cert-howto.php > > Are you using the suggested "openssl.cnf" file as template? > > What's the output of "ls -l /root/CA/*"? > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
