You need to specify a cipher for encrypting your private key. Something like:
openssl rsa -in nopassword.key -des3 -out password.key You will be prompted for a passphrase. -des3 could be replaced by -aes128, -aes192, or -aes256 if you want a stronger cipher for encryption. Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marten Lehmann Sent: September 21, 2007 2:55 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: changing password on private key rsa Hello, according to the rsa documentation, this command should ask for a new password (no password set in the file before): openssl rsa -in nopassword.key -passout stdin -out password.key I'm asked for a password, but the files are identical, password.key has no password set. What is going wrong? Regards Marten ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
