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Cool Breeze
Cool Breeze

Reputation: 900

Add password to openssl .pem file from -password

I am generating a .pem file using openssl using the command:

openssl genrsa -aes256 -out ca.key.pem 4096

It is working great but when I do this:

openssl genrsa -aes256 -out ca.key.pem 4096 -password pass:abcd

It is still asking me for a password in the terminal and not automatically taking the supplied password.

I've tried generating certificates before and it works for them eg.

openssl pkcs12 -name username -inkey cert/key.key -in abc.pem -export -out cert.p12 -password pass:abcd

Upvotes: 3

Views: 27053

Answers (1)

Arnaud Grandville
Arnaud Grandville

Reputation: 1039

You're very close to the goal ! Key size must be the last parameter and -password replace with -passout

openssl genrsa -aes256 -out ca.key.pem -passout pass:abcd 4096

Upvotes: 9

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