howto: set extensions for root certificate

Hi, when signing new certificates with openssl ca one can use the -config option to specify which CA and options to use. But when creating a self signed root certificate there is no such option. So how can I specify the attributes of the self signed root certificate. Especially: Howto generate

Re: howto: set extensions for root certificate

Markus Wagner wrote: Hi, when signing new certificates with openssl ca one can use the -config option to specify which CA and options to use. But when creating a self signed root certificate there is no such option. There is an equivalent option. The normal way to create a self signed