On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 04:46:37PM +0200, Massimiliano Pala wrote:
> > 
> > Than you just have to set the wanted ca-section by
> > 
> > openssl ca -name Server_CA ...
> > 
> > So you can use one config-file for several ca�s and their different extensiosn.
> > 
> 
> But using the -name, you do load only one config section, so you have to duplicate
> many informations on config file ( if you have a single CA ), isn't it ?
> 

It is possible to put common settings on top of the config file before 
any section names ( like [ new_oids ] ).

I haven�t look in the code, but it seems that the config file will be 
read from top until the first section name. After that the "-name" switch
will be interpreted. Just an assumption based on my testing.


Ciao,

   Lars    <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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