Found the problem
There was prompt=no in the cnf file.
Dont see why that should complain though.
On 6 Dec 2006, at 14:41, Stuart Gall wrote:
Hello,
I have the following problem
openssl req -config client.cnf -new -key ClientCerts/stuart.key -
out ClientCerts/stuart.csr
Enter pass phrase for ClientCerts/stuart.key:
problems making Certificate Request
30488:error:0D07A097:asn1 encoding
routines:ASN1_mbstring_ncopy:string too long:a_mbstr.c:154:maxsize=2
All the indications are from what I have read on the web that I am
using > 2 chars for the country code, But I am not, nor did I ever
do that
I wonder if this has anything to do with the locale setting most of
my LC_ vars are set to utf-8 do these matter?
TIA
client.cnf
[ req_distinguished_name ]
countryName = Country Name (2 letter code)
countryName_default = GR
countryName_min = 2
0.organizationName = Organization Name (eg, company)
0.organizationName_default = PPV
localityName = locality
localityName_default = ATH
commonName = Persons Name
commonName_default =
commonName_max = 64
emailAddress = Email Address
emailAddress_default =
emailAddress_max = 50
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