-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 07 September 2004 19:53, Joe DeBattista wrote: > Hi, > I sent a query last week about removing a passphrase from an Apache > server I have set up with openssl-0.9.7d and compiled with the gcc > compiler. I thought I'd provide a little more information. When I try to > remove the passphrase, it says I need a minimum of 4 characters in the > passphrase. Is this something in this version of openssl, as I don't > remember having this requirement with earlier versions? I generated the > key with > > $openssl genrsa -des3 -rand randfile1:randfile2:randfile3 1024 > \ > /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.key/server.key > > I made a copy of server.key to server.bak and then tried the following > command to redo the passphrase and get the following: > > # /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl rsa -in server.bak -out server.key > Enter pass phrase for server.bak: > 21202:error:28069065:lib(40):UI_set_result:result too > small:ui_lib.c:847:You must type in 4 to 4095 characters > > Is there a way around this?
Something like that: openssl genrsa -passout pass:zzzz -des3 -rand randfile1:randfile2:randfile3 1024 | openssl rsa -passin pass:zzzz -out /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.key/server.key Torsten -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBPsE+wicyCTir8T4RAtKXAJsE3EN+P2v40uPViYkcsm5Ayf3/QACfXoin xOecJp8J/MaEArbK2LdNS9c= =nPD9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
