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List:       apache-ssl
Subject:    Re: [apache-ssl] Pass phrase in private key
From:       Mark Holt <madmardy () madmardy ! com>
Date:       2000-01-25 19:32:27
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openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out new.cert.key
chown root:root new.cert.key
chmod 400 new.cert.key

This actually isn't all that much to worry about for a non-wildcard cert, if you
don't have hackers routinely logging onto your server and getting root access that
is.

Yusef Latief wrote:

> My SSL didn't want to start-up because I have exchange the old cert to the new
> ones. I think the problem is the httpsd can't read the pass phrase for private
> key. So, how can I supply them?
>
> This is the error in the logs :
> [crit] (22)Invalid argument: Error reading private key file
> /usr/local/ssl/private/www.xxxxxx.com.key:
> [Tue Jan 25 16:39:21 2000] [crit] error:0906406D:PEM
> routines:DEF_CALLBACK:problems getting password
> [Tue Jan 25 16:39:21 2000] [crit] error:0906A068:PEM routines:PEM_do_header:bad
> password read
>
> Please help me a.s.a.p
>
> rgds,
> yusef

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