Hello, I am trying to create a certificate, on win, and I am having some troubles with OpenSSL. First I generate a key. That's ok. Then I create a request:
openssl req -config .\openssl.cnf -subj "/C=DE/L=Munchen/ST=Bayern/O=Org/OU=Dev/CN=Test Certificate" -new -days 365 -key ..\demo_store\private\private_key_client.pem -outform PEM -out ..\demo_store\request\req_server.csr -passin pass:pass Then I want to sign this: openssl x509 -inform PEM -req -in ..\demo_store\request\req_server.csr -outform DER -out ..\demo_store\certs\cert_server.der -CAform DER -CA ..\demo_store\certs\ca_cert.der -CAkeyform PEM -CAkey ..\demo_store\private\ca_private_key.pem -CAcreateserial And the message printed out is: Loading 'screen' into random state - done Signature ok subject=/C=RO Getting CA Private Key Now, what disturbs me, is that it seems that the subject I have provided with "-subj" in the first "openssl req" command has been ignored. Why is that happening? What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Gerald