Yes, you're right. My private key has the following heading and tail.

-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,....
.....................
-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----

so please tell me what I should do to change this passphrase. Is it possible in general ?

Victor Duchovni napisa?(a):
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 02:49:31PM +0100, Rafal Masztalerz wrote:

Hello
When I try to change the pass phrase in my private key , I receive the following error:
Enter PEM pass phrase:
unable to load key
7738:error:0607907F:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_RSA:expecting an rsa key:p_lib.c:219:
Failed to change passphrase


Does the file in question contain something along these lines:

  [ The below key was newly generated for this message, is of no value at
    all, and the pass-phrase is "foobar" for anyone who wants to "crack" it. ]

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,8C4F606541EEACAE
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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

Perhaps your file does not contain an RSA private key.


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