On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 04:18:49PM -0300, Jay States wrote: > I am use learning and testing CA's. I have tried to create a > self-signed CA certificate using the following: > > openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -key sample.key -out sample.crt > > and this is the error message that I get. I re-built openssl and > openssh, but I still get this error. What am I doing wrong? > > Using configuration from /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf > sample.key: No such file or directory > 64260:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or > directory:bss_file.c:245:fopen('sample.key','r') > 64260:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:247:
-key is used to specify the location of an already generated key. You want to generate a new key (-new) and therefore must use the "-keyout" option instead. Best regards, Lutz -- Lutz Jaenicke [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aet.TU-Cottbus.DE/personen/jaenicke/ BTU Cottbus, Allgemeine Elektrotechnik Universitaetsplatz 3-4, D-03044 Cottbus ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]