[strongSwan] Error Generating a host or user certificate

[Andreas Steffen]

In openssl.cnf you must define the correct path to the CA's
private key with which the end entity certificate is signed with.

Andreas

On 06/16/2010 03:20 PM, Harini Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> Hi all,
> i am not able to run this statement  while installing strongswan
> 
>  openssl ca -in hostReq.pem -days 730 -out hostCert.pem -notext
> 
> 
> i am getting an error  saying
> 
> Using configuration from /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf
> Error opening CA private key ../../CA/private/cakey.pem
> 26643:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:352:fopen('../../CA/private/cakey.pem','r')
> 26643:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:354:
> unable to load CA private key
> 
> kindly help me out
> 
> regards
> harini
> 
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