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Re: certtool never asks for CA-password when signing certificates
From: |
Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos |
Subject: |
Re: certtool never asks for CA-password when signing certificates |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:40:51 +0200 |
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Tom Ackermann <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all
> I have already posted this in several (ubuntu-) forums but haven't received
> any hints so far, maybe somebody on this list can shed some light on this:
> When creating a CA with a password, certtool never again asks for the
> password when signing new certificates.
Thanks for reporting that. The default key format doesn't support any
passwords. You have to use the PKCS #8 format (with the --pkcs8
parameter). I'll put a check to do it automatically if a password has
been supplied.
regards,
Nikos