Hi all, I'm trying to read a key from a file using PEM_read_bio_RSA_PUBKEY. Using openssl rsa -in privkey1.pem -text -inform PEM works fine. The following lines in my program result in "error loading key no start line<br>" ERR_clear_error(); rsa = PEM_read_bio_RSA_PUBKEY(in,NULL,NULL,NULL); if (rsa == NULL) fprintf(stderr,"error loading key %s<br>",ERR_reason_error_string(ERR_get_error())); The key file looks like -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- < removed my key ;-) > -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- Any hints? Tnx Stefan ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]