Re: [SLE] Openssl certificate parameters
From: Leendert Meyer (leen.meyer_at_home.nl)
Date: 02/27/05
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:36:46 +0100
On Sunday 27 February 2005 16:56, James Knott wrote:
> I run an imap server, which requires me to create a new ssl certificate,
> every few weeks. Is there any way to set it for a longer life? Or is
> there a method of passing the parameters to openssl for creating the
> certificate, so that I don't have to re-enter the info? Currently, I
> use the command "openssl req -new -x509 -nodes -out imapd.pem -keyout
> imapd.pem" to generate the certificate, but I still have to manually
> enter all the info.
Have a look at /usr/bin/gensslcert. It is in the apache2 rpm, and it is
specific to apache2. A quick peek revealed me that it would not be difficult
to hack the script to use a different output directory, and perhaps to use a
different lifetime.
Cheers,
Leen
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