Re: openssl problem

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 20:12, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
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> ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost (Chavdar Ivanov) writes:
>
> ># openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out ininja.pass.key 2048
>
> >18446744073709551615:error:28078065:UI
> >routines:UI_set_result_ex:result too
> >small:/home/sysbuild/src/crypto/external/bsd/openssl/dist/crypto/ui/ui_lib.c:903:You
> >must type in 4 to 1023 characters
>
>
> This is openssl telling you that the single letter password 'x' you
> passed to it literally is not accepted, the password must be between
> 4 and 1023 characters long.

Oh. dear; I never thought that the 'x' in the command line is actually
a password...

That is what happens when one follows blindly someone else's recipè
without thinking.

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