I am trying to change the password of a private key with 'openssl rsa'
command. The original key file, server.key.enc has the following format:
-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
....
-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
When I used the command "openssl rsa -in server.key.enc -passin
pass:old_password -out server.key", a new decrypted key file is
generated with the following format:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
But when I use the command "openssl rsa -in server.key.enc -passin
pass:old_password -out server.key -passout pass:new_password", hoping
the new key file will be encrypted with the new password, I still get
the same decrypted key file below
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Do I use the command correctly, or do I misunderstand what the argument
meant? What is the correct way to re-encrypt a RSA private key with a
new password?
Thanks for any help.
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