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Problems with genpkey #16238
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Paul suggested I add version info: This is the latest openssl master, pulled 5 August, running on Linux RHEL 6.7 |
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-* is used in the help, but some man pages gave explicit examples. E.g., genrsa, ec. I just suggest an example, to help newbies who try "-cipher aes" rather than -aes. |
From openssl-users:
Should these be posted here or as github issues? (May be user error)
openssl genpkey -algorithm rsa -outform der -out key.der -quiet
returns:
genpkey: Option -quiet needs a value
But the docs don't indicate that a value is needed.
openssl genpkey -algorithm rsa -outform der -out key.der -text
Docs say that the unencrypted key should be printed, but it isn't.
openssl genpkey .... -cipher des3
returns:
genpkey: Use -help for summary.
I tried other values for -cipher but none worked
-aes-128-cbc
works but is not documentedThe text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: