Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation - Was

2005-01-12 Thread Servie Platon
Hello Mr. Ringaby, Thanks for the reply. > My guess is that the script code somehow got messed > up when > you copied it from the site, or maybe the script for > some > reason contains hidden characters. I think you are right Sir because I copied the script from the site on a windows machine and

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation - Follow-up

2005-01-12 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005, Servie Platon wrote: > Hello Dr. Henson, > > And thank you again for this advice. > > --- "Dr. Stephen Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I suggest you ignore that script: and use the CA.pl > > script and the appropriate > > documentation instead. > > As suggested b

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-12 Thread Ringaby Anders
> At the prompt, I did the following command: > > # sh sign.sh server.csr > : command not foundline: 6: > 'usr/sbin/sign.sh: sign.sh: line 15: syntax error near > unexpected token `in > 'usr/sbin/sign.sh: sign.sh: line 15: `case $CSR > in > > Now, what I don't understand is that I used the sy

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation - Follow-up

2005-01-11 Thread Servie Platon
Hello Dr. Henson, And thank you again for this advice. --- "Dr. Stephen Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest you ignore that script: and use the CA.pl > script and the appropriate > documentation instead. As suggested by you, I used the CA.pl script which works okay. On this issue, I

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Servie Platon
Hello Mr. Ringaby, --- Ringaby Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello again, Servie. > > > Since sign.sh is a script, have you checked that the > interpreter > at line number 1 (should be "#!/bin/sh" in this > case) is correct? > Maybe the path is different in your system, or > anothe

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005, Servie Platon wrote: > Hello Dr. Henson, > > Thank you for the reply Sir. > > Could you please advise where I could locate the CA.pl > script and the appropriate documentation? > CA.pl should be installed when OpenSSL is. By default it will be in /usr/local/ssl/misc. Ther

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Servie Platon
Hello Mr. Anders, Thank you very much on your reply. --- Ringaby Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello again, Servie. > > > Since sign.sh is a script, have you checked that the > interpreter > at line number 1 (should be "#!/bin/sh" in this > case) is correct? > Maybe the path is dif

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Servie Platon
Hello Dr. Henson, Thank you for the reply Sir. --- "Dr. Stephen Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005, Servie Platon wrote: > > > > > > > Hello openssl gurus, > > > > I wanted to create my own private CA and use this > to > > sign CSR's instead of requesting a commercial

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005, Servie Platon wrote: > > > Hello openssl gurus, > > I wanted to create my own private CA and use this to > sign CSR's instead of requesting a commercial CA to > sign my CSR. > > I have downloaded the latest tar.gz file and was able > to compile openssl without a problem.

Re: CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-11 Thread Ringaby Anders
Hello again, Servie. Since sign.sh is a script, have you checked that the interpreter at line number 1 (should be "#!/bin/sh" in this case) is correct? Maybe the path is different in your system, or another interpreter is required like ksh or bash (that would be #!/bin/ksh or #!/bin/bash on lin

CA Key and Self-Signed Server Certificate Generation

2005-01-10 Thread Servie Platon
Hello openssl gurus, I wanted to create my own private CA and use this to sign CSR's instead of requesting a commercial CA to sign my CSR. I have downloaded the latest tar.gz file and was able to compile openssl without a problem. To do the above, I made the following commands: # openssl genr